Re: VFAT Naming Bugs
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 01:39:40 +0100 (BST)
> To Werner Almesberger or whoever maintains VFAT,
>
> 1. The names PIPE, $CLOCK, and NETQ are reserved as special device file =
> names for some versions of DOS and Win95 and can get folks into trouble =
> if you allow linux to create these names.=20
Allowing them in Linux also happens to be a good way for people to get
out of trouble too ...
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