Can create a folder named con

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Most of you would be aware of the fact that we cannot create a folder named con.
Why isnt it possible? The reason is, con refers to "console". An older way of creating a file in command prompt is "copy con myfile.txt".
But, you can create it using command prompt. Have you ever tried?
mkdir \\.\c:\con
This helps you creating a folder named con.

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6 comments

  1. AdityaJune 1, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    Hey there!

    That was a really useful piece of information. Thanks!

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  2. Arun SAGJune 11, 2009 at 11:18 PM

    you should consider using linux shipit.ubuntu.com :P

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  3. SuganthiJune 12, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Hey.. I have ubuntu cd..

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  4. Arun SAGJune 13, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Which version 8.10, 8.04 or 9.04?

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  5. SuganthiJune 15, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    8.10

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  6. Arun SAGJune 16, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    good, but now 9.04 is released, for legal reasons official ubuntu does not include multimedia codecs (things needed to play mp3 and other stuff)..But we have a remix of ubuntu, which works out of the box :D ...Check http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Super_OS Thanks

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