Re: aux.* as filename

[Paul Eggert]

John Cowan <address@hidden> writes:

> The filenames aux, com1, com2, com3, con, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3, nul, and prn
> are reserved by Windows.

Hmm, how is it that they are reserved for use by coreutils ports to
Windows, and yet Microsoft's POSIX tools can create files named "aux"
and the like?  Is there something that the coreutils porters should
know?  Microsoft says "programs control the policy for creating files
in Windows", which implies that coreutils should be able to Do The
Right Thing here.  See: <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716>.