Q120740: Avoid Creating Macintosh Filenames that are NT Device Names
Article: Q120740
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5 3.51 4.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbenv
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
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SUMMARY
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Macintosh clients should avoid creating filenames on Services for Macintosh
(SFM) volumes that are the same as Windows NT device names (such as NUL, LPT1,
and so on). Using the same names can lead to problems accessing files and
directories from NT.
MORE INFORMATION
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In Windows NT, you can create any number of device names and assign them any
name. For example, you can create a device called SomeName and alias it to
\Device\Serial0.
MS-DOS devices are actually aliases to real names. For instance, A: is really an
alias to \Device\Floppy0. In essence there are no real "reserved" names.
Additional query words: prodnt sfm
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Keywords : kbenv
Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
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