Re[2]: File archivers and special DOS/Windows device names

[3APA3A]

Hello Eli,

OK. I'll contact Cygwin developers instead.

--Thursday, July 05, 2001, 2:14:38 PM, you wrote to address@hidden:


EZ> On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, 3APA3A wrote:

>> If  archive  contains file with special name (such as prn, lpt1, com1,
>> con,  etc) it will be extracted to this device instead of file. Tested
>> with  pkzipc, WinRAR, rar, WinZip, tar (cygwin port under windows). In
>> case of WinZip and tar file will be extracted silently, in other cases
>> overwrite confirmation required.

EZ> I cannot speak for WinZip, pkzip, and other programs, but as for GNU Tar, 
EZ> what you mention is a bug in the ported Cygwin executable.  Try the DJGPP 
EZ> port of Tar, and you will see that it handles such file names gracefully:

EZ>   ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/tar112ab.zip

EZ> Also, `prn' and `lpt1' are just a sample of the special names.  Any 
EZ> device driver which can be reached by opening a special file name will 
EZ> cause such problems; thus the list of the offending names cannot be 
EZ> known in advance, since additional device drivers can be installed on 
EZ> the target system.

EZ> In addition, the file-name extension is ignored when the basename 
EZ> matches.  So `aux.lst', `prn.c', `con.foo', and an infinite number of 
EZ> other similar names--all of them are prone to this problem.  Some of the 
EZ> devices will actually wedge the DOS box if you try to extract a file by 
EZ> that name; kids, don't try that at home!


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