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RE: rm hangs on illegal filename nul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner  On Behalf Of Volker Quetschke
> Sent: 27 May 2004 14:25
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: rm hangs on illegal filename nul
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I somehow managed to create a file named nul (further investigation
> pending), and now rm -rf hangs when trying to remove the 
> directory with
> this file.

  Known ('doze) problem.  Also occurs with filenames like aux, com1, lpt
etc.  The workaround is WDDTT.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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