Mozart and music composition

[Álvaro Falquina Garrido]

If I recall correctly, AUX: (as CON: and NUL:) is one of Windows 
special devices. The name of a file cannot be the same as the name of 
one of these devices. That probably caused the problem.

On domingo, mayo 11, 2003, at 10:03  pm, Alex Gian wrote:

> Martin Henz wrote:
>> Hi Maarten:
>> The problem with the zip file occurs under Windows, because Windows
>> (or zip?) does not like the file name aux.oz. I replaced it with 
>> auy.oz,
>> which works fine. Attached is the newest zip file.
>
> I know this may sound strange to some, but a few years back I named a 
> file aux.xxx an my Windows system (then W95) and it caused such an 
> unspeakable mess / corruption of my filesystem, it just wasn't funny.
>
> When I discovered what the cause was, I didn't even bother to check 
> with a Microsoft site - I just didn't want to hear the sob story...
> So it's nice to hear my suspicions confirmed.
>
> I've never named anything "aux" in Windows since then...
>
> Alex
> Bristol, Uk
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>
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