Something funny about Windows

[Steven Ringwald]

Ankush Grover wrote:

> An Indian discovered that nobody can create a New folder anywhere with 
> a name - "con"  on Microsoft Windows.
>
> This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the 
> whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!
>
>  
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
>
> Ankush Grover
>
> PS: This mail is not sent to promote Microsoft Windows .
>


I would think that it is probably something left over from the old "copy 
con outfile" command (which is similar in function to cat > outfile). In 
this case, "con" is a special 'console' device...

From: http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/9200/9207article3.htm

<quote>
CON is a reserved word that DOS uses to refer to the STANDARD INPUT 
(Jargonese for Keyboard) and STANDARD OUTPUT (More jargonese for Monitor).
</quote>


Steve