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Re: [Full-disclosure] DOS device name handling
- To: Klaudiusz Kulik <kulikk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] DOS device name handling
- From: 3APA3A <3APA3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 22:02:22 +0400
Dear Klaudiusz Kulik,
This topic arises twice every year. Time to make answering machine.
del \\?\c:\con\con\con\con
del \\.\c:\con\con\con\con
According to MSDN documentation \\?\ prefix makes Windows to ignore
special device names and also eliminates 256 bytes path limitation.
--Monday, May 1, 2006, 8:06:22 PM, you wrote to
full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
KK> Now directory structure is:
KK> C:\con\con\con\con
KK> Please note that this is one way operation. Renaming from "con/" or
KK> "con" to "foo" does not work. However, if the directory has only one
KK> level (C:\con) and is empty or contains ,,normal'' entries, it is
KK> possible to remove it.
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