erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
 |> > cifs is Windows, i think.
 |> > If this is the case, then you may run into the issue of implicit
 |> > filenames.  Search «aux tale», or browse
 |> > <heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx_aux_c.html>.
 |
 |as entertaining as this is, is isn't true for dos.  there
 |are no device files on dos in *any* directory.  they
 |are a fiction of the executive.  now the effect may
 |be the same if you're using command.com, but
 |explorer should be able to deal with that file name.

Oh, sorry, my last Windows was 95B...  I still have this old
Cyrix around, but .. it's been a long time.
Likely you are right -- but i guess Gunnar Ritter is just trying
to make it what he thinks is a "haptic experience" for Windows
users.

 |- erik

--steffen