filenames

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I noticed that all filenames in the format com#.whatever are invalid.
For instance, I can't save to com8.txt.

I guess this has something to do with the COM ports?

I expected it to work though if I gave the filename an extension.
 
I noticed that all filenames in the format com#.whatever are invalid.
For instance, I can't save to com8.txt.

I guess this has something to do with the COM ports?

I expected it to work though if I gave the filename an extension.
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I thought com3.txt would work as well.

When MS does something they go all the way :)

On older OS's you could make a COM directory, you just couldn't delete
it without formatting the drive.

They fixed it all the way to the filenames :)

I also found a few others
PRN.txt you can't have, you can have LPT.txt, but not LPT#.txt
 
Replied to [[email protected]]'s message :
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On older OS's you could make a COM directory, you just couldn't
delete
it without formatting the drive.
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That is not true. You can delete that from Command promt by :
RD \\.\DriveLetter:\FolderPath



I also found a few others
PRN.txt you can't have, you can have LPT.txt, but not LPT#.txt
Click to expand...

And more :
CON, AUX, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, PRN, NUL,CLOCK$


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