On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 06:59:11PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >----Original Message---- >>From: Eric Blake >>Sent: 21 April 2005 18:40 > >> Contrary to your statement, /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/ is a >> valid directory name (but you sure have to be careful with shell quoting >> to actually get there). > > > Only on a managed mount. You simply cannot create a filename with a * in >it under windows, no matter how carefully you quote it (read 'even if you >pass a string with a * in it to CreateFile).
The whole /proc filesystem is an invention. There is no managed about it. There is no reason that I can think of why windows limitations should apply to it. But, as usual, this speculation about what could possibly be going wrong is easily solved by just refraining from treating cygwin as a black box and looking at the sources. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
