Re: Cant create a folder called as con
- From: "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 06:58:00 -0400
In news:698DA326-C3A0-4823-A18B-0DA6C9D9E216@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
ckwong19802003@xxxxxxxxx <ckwong19802003@xxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> there are still some sort of company which make their file server to
> have the folder named as con, btw if you just put the command copy
> con,how it work I have try it out but it wont work and only work with
> the valid command prompt
>
>> <ckwong19802003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:35C85FF2-305A-4AD2-AC79-AC93A5B00168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> There was a problem when creating a folder called as con cos of the
>>> naming convention that have been used in the dos,But it doesnt mean
>>> that we cant create the con folder.
>>> We can create by type mkdir \\.\c:\con
>>> Normal deletion of the folder wont and we have to use other way
>>> around to delete rmdir \\.\c:\con
>>> --
>>> Wong Chon Kit
>>> Microsoft Certified System Engineer
>>> Technical System Specialist
>>
>>
>> And why would you like to do that actually? It was more popular in
>> DOS times, agreed. But is still a valid concern. Open your command
>> prompt and type copy con, for example.
>>
>> These names are reserved for a purpose and one should not use any
>> "workaround".
>>
>> --
>> Arek Iskra
>> MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
You can't name them all sorts of things actually. Like PRN, LPT1, LPT2,
etc... They're reserved. You CAN name it _CON if you'd like however but has
already been suggested - trying to get this to work (if ever successful) is
likely a very bad idea...
Hmm...
NUL, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to LPT9, AUX, CLOCK$, and likely a few more that I
don't know about. None of those can be used.
--
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