[Tcl-bugs] [ tcl-Bugs-1534347 ] Can't create file named con.html

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Bugs item #1534347, was opened at 2006-08-04 00:12
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Category: 36. File System
Group: current: 8.4.13
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Weyrich Specialty Services (weyrich_comp)
Assigned to: Vince Darley (vincentdarley)
Summary: Can't create file named con.html

Initial Comment:
This bug exists on Windows in both the 8.3 release 
bundled with the book, and with the 8.4 binary 
ActiveTcl8.4.13.0.261555-win32-ix86-threaded.exe,
both running on 32 bit Intel Windows XP

set out1 [open "conn.html" w]  ;# works
set out2 [open "con.html" w]   ;# throws 
error 'couldn't open "con.html": no such file or 
directory'

This is a pain becasue I need to create files for each 
of my topics, and one topic must be named "con"

I note that CON: was a special file in DOS attached to 
the console.  Is some layer of the software or 
operating system trying to treat con.html as a console 
device?

o.w...@sc...


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>Comment By: Jeffrey Hobbs (hobbs)
Date: 2006-08-04 14:19

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This is indeed a Windows OS limitation.  NUL, CON, COM1,
etc. are all afflicted.

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Comment By: suchenwi (suchenwi)
Date: 2006-08-04 01:19

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This seems to be more of a Windows problem.
Try to create a file con.html with notepad - permission 
denied.
Try to save as con.html from notepad - you're first 
prompted that the file "con" does already exist; when you 
proceed, you're told that the file "con" (without 
extension) cannot be created.

D:\>ren conn.txt con.txt
A duplicate file name exists, or the file
cannot be found.

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