WTF, why can't I create a folder named 'con' in explorer?

[sawastea]

Try it for yourself.

 

[perkele]

Try conn

 

[blut wump]

lol, can't say it surprises me, though. You might have the same problems with lpt1 or lptr. It's been a while since I last used dos.

 

[Cynical Simian]

http://kerneltrap.org/node/5772

 

[blut wump]

http://kerneltrap.org/node/5772

Nice find, my guess was right. Has anyone tried to create the dir from another non-Dos machine. What if you create a con dir on a USB drive and plug it into a Windows machine?