Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:27:47 -0700 From: "Moffatt, Chris" <cmoffatt@ilanw.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: OFF-TOPIC but ... you will laugh !! Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAMlhQg4w2tRPm6AzBpR1myEBAEnUYfcg5UhEhlr/jyTqQmAAAAAgAfoAABAAAAC4XDtxLEkVQplNpq9sr9A6AQAAAAA=@ilanw.com>
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It is a reserved word from the DOS days (like "prn") I think it stands for "console" Actually, you can't create a folder named: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Aggelos Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:31 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: OFF-TOPIC but ... you will laugh !! An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere named as "con". This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened! Try it out yourself... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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