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Phihellta
6y

You know?
You can not set it to 'prn' in the folder name in windows os.

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  • 5
    6y
    Nor you can use CON or any port name like LPT1 or COM1. Those are legacy device files, carried over from old MS-DOS times. PRN was the device file corresponding to the connected printer, and CON represents stdin/stdout.
  • 2
    6y
    So we have to find a better name for our porn stash?
  • 0
    6y
    @jase Hahaha I little supersize
  • 1
    6y
    I would test this, but I don't have access to a windows machine.
  • 1
    6y
    @Root Just tested it in a Win10 VM:
  • 0
    6y
    It's weird, the screenshot didn't upload.

    Here it is (hopefully):
  • 0
    6y
    @ethernetzero how about via cmd / powershell?

    In win7 you can't rename a folder to begin with a dot ("You must type a filename"), but cmd happily obliges.
  • 1
    6y
    @Root Both CMD and PowerShell also give errors.
  • 0
    6y
    @ethernetzero what about mounting the ntfs drive under linux, making it, and switching back?
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