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Subject: Re: Ada.Directories.Base_Name and dot files
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On 7 oct, 17:10, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:
> It was pointed
> out that on Windows, a file named ".abc" is treated as any other file
> with an extension of .abc
That's a bit less clear on Windows
Windows XP accept the file names as valid on its file system, but the
Explorer does not allow to create such file names, complaining it is
an invalid file name. But it is still able to access it.