You cant make a folder with this name

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Has anyone seen this before? If you try and make a folder and call it "CON" without the quotes, it wont let you.

 

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Very strange, I'm sure someones going to come up with the answer.

 

I tried it and confirm, it'll kick the name back to New Folder. I say we should write to billy boy and ask

 

Um i don't think you can create folders with names that relate to system type info such as lpt1 lpt2 etc and con used to be an old DOS command to output information to the screen otherwise known as the console.

 

I thoght it may be something to do with dos but you can name a file XCOPY etc..

 

That's true unless you have a symbol in the name such as

_con or c_o_n

 

This goes back to ancient MSDOS. Certain names were 'pre-allocated' at every directory level - those names were basicaly I/O names - CON, LPT, COMx etc.

At one time there was a switch to allow those names to exist as long as they weren't in the root dorectory - no idea if this is still true or not.

Harry.

 

I still use the command

Code:

mode con lines=50

fairly frequently.

 

I can't belive 9 replys and I'm the first one to ask. Just what in the world are you doing raff that you need a folder named Con? Hmmmm?

I bet it something kinky and has to do with kebabs!

 

Nah he'd call his folder "Chocolate Ostrich"