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Re: $exists() return $false for some filename #169115 19/01/07 04:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,884 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,884 Norwich, UK	This is related to Windows/DOS device names. In DOS there are devices named CON, AUX, COM[1-9], LPT[1-9], PRN, and NUL which prevents any filename in DOS or Windows having a file with those names (with or without any file extension). It's been suggested in the past by Khaled that this is also true for ip, global, shadow - and certainly mIRC does treat those filenames the same way (which is the reason for your bug). However I can't find any documentation explaining why those three additional files are reserved and I can't find any other application that prevents their use. Maybe Khaled or someone else can provide a link to where this is documented?

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$exists() return $false for some filename	Anonymous	19/01/07 09:06 AM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Anonymous	19/01/07 09:41 AM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Riamus2	19/01/07 02:08 PM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	starbucks_mafia	19/01/07 04:10 PM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Sat	19/01/07 04:31 PM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	starbucks_mafia	19/01/07 05:30 PM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Anonymous	20/01/07 10:10 AM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Khaled	22/01/07 02:02 PM
Re: $exists() return $false for some filename	Sat	22/01/07 02:46 PM

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