FYI: Creating COM1 file

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Post #4,842 by dpeterson 8/13/01 8:44:14 AM Reply	FYI: Creating COM1 file I had a brief play with this - I could not* create a file anywhere in my filesystems called "COM1", either from an application or the command line* "dir > \\\\.\\c:\\temp\\com1" Using the "\\\\" let me create "com1" files and variations. Darryl A. Peterson I'm not as funny as I think I am.
Post #4,847 by pwhysall 8/13/01 9:45:04 AM Reply	Thanks. I will play on a non-critical partition :) -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #4,868 by boxley 8/13/01 12:35:43 PM Reply	the double slash \\\\ fools NT into thinking it is another machine so dont check for local reserved names. Delete should work except that it is not "com1" it is "com1 " and del doesnt understand the space and wildcards cant catch it either. Will be creating a linux box s I can have a useful ftp server that doesnt need to be patched every week. Also anon will be locked out. Unfortunate for the customers but convenience of not remembering passwords is less than the unconvenience of french people using your hard drive for their nefarious french designs. :) thanx, bill Our bureaucracy and our laws have turned the world into a clean, safe work camp. We are raising a nation of slaves. Chuck Palahniuk

deleting hosed file - (boxley) - (54) - Aug. 8, 2001, 01:01:06 PM EDT

Tried wildcards? - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 01:17:43 PM EDT

rename doesnt work -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:03:46 PM EDT

Try this - (dpeterson) - (9) - Aug. 8, 2001, 01:29:24 PM EDT

no joy access denied error -NT - (boxley) - (8) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:01:41 PM EDT

Ok... - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:42:47 PM EDT

nope tied to a reserved word (hardware) -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:51:01 PM EDT

Use a NT boot disk, - (DonRichards) - Aug. 8, 2001, 04:35:53 PM EDT

Alternately, the POSIX tools supposedly work... - (Another Scott) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:55:44 PM EDT

posix makes sense because to posix hardware - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 08:54:33 PM EDT

POSIX stuff here... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2001, 09:02:48 PM EDT

More POSIX Stuff - (altmann) - Aug. 9, 2001, 03:53:20 PM EDT

A combined idea - (dpeterson) - Aug. 8, 2001, 04:30:25 PM EDT

I always used a disk editor . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2001, 03:53:02 PM EDT

wouldnt the HAL get in the way? - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2001, 08:50:08 PM EDT

Tried CHKDSK? - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 9, 2001, 02:59:09 AM EDT

chkdsk - (boxley) - Aug. 13, 2001, 02:15:10 PM EDT

more info - (boxley) - Aug. 9, 2001, 11:31:16 AM EDT

Type "del com1" in google? - (tseliot) - (32) - Aug. 9, 2001, 11:43:42 AM EDT

tried that - (boxley) - (31) - Aug. 9, 2001, 12:28:43 PM EDT

Put the filename in quotes. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 9, 2001, 12:57:30 PM EDT

Re: tried that - (a6l6e6x) - (25) - Aug. 9, 2001, 01:24:36 PM EDT

no joy -NT - (boxley) - (24) - Aug. 9, 2001, 09:51:25 PM EDT

How about del com* -NT - (static) - Aug. 10, 2001, 12:49:31 AM EDT

Hell, if you can Move it! - (Ashton) - (22) - Aug. 10, 2001, 01:52:45 AM EDT

cant move to another disk - (boxley) - (21) - Aug. 10, 2001, 08:42:18 AM EDT

RIX (Radsoft) Diskview will do it.. - (Ashton) - (20) - Aug. 11, 2001, 06:03:46 AM EDT

Good example of bad design. - (Andrew Grygus) - (14) - Aug. 11, 2001, 12:10:58 PM EDT

*chuckle* - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2001, 02:02:33 PM EDT

Now there's an LRPDism! -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Aug. 11, 2001, 03:22:40 PM EDT

Hey I said the stuff seems to work, not - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 11, 2001, 07:38:17 PM EDT

Xtree has been replaced. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2001, 12:20:32 AM EDT

Re: Xtree has been replaced. Huzzah! - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2001, 02:42:53 AM EDT

Spinrite 2 - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 12, 2001, 11:37:03 AM EDT

Never mind: it's a ZopeDupe -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 12, 2001, 02:46:07 AM EDT

Yeah, industrial companies are even worse - (tonytib) - (6) - Aug. 12, 2001, 01:12:39 AM EDT

try our advertising - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2001, 02:03:02 AM EDT

OT. Say Box,... - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2001, 03:34:37 PM EDT

Sorry neither name rings a bell - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 12:30:05 PM EDT

Thanks! It was just a wild shot. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 13, 2001, 04:41:15 PM EDT

That's what "List Price" is for. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 12, 2001, 02:25:53 AM EDT

Yeah, but most don't even give list price w/o calling - (tonytib) - Aug. 12, 2001, 12:41:48 PM EDT

Here's a hint - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 12, 2001, 05:03:33 PM EDT

Thanks for that tip.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 13, 2001, 12:20:39 AM EDT

FYI: Creating COM1 file - (dpeterson) - (2) - Aug. 13, 2001, 08:44:14 AM EDT

Thanks. I will play on a non-critical partition :) -NT - (pwhysall) - Aug. 13, 2001, 09:45:04 AM EDT

the double slash \\\\ fools NT into thinking - (boxley) - Aug. 13, 2001, 12:35:43 PM EDT

Trailing space - (qstephens) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2001, 05:51:16 PM EDT

tried no joy - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 13, 2001, 02:12:59 PM EDT

Parse error. - (static) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2001, 01:43:23 AM EDT

thought so tried that as well as alt128 alt0 no joy -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 14, 2001, 10:19:54 AM EDT

Re: deleting hosed file - (GBert) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 05:12:42 PM EDT

tried no joy -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 13, 2001, 11:48:44 PM EDT

I'm confused. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 13, 2001, 05:32:07 PM EDT

it is being resxolved by building a linux ftp server - (boxley) - Aug. 13, 2001, 11:52:44 PM EDT

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