Avoid Creating Macintosh Filenames that are NT Device Names (120740)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q120740 SUMMARY
Macintosh clients should avoid creating filenames on Services for Macintosh
(SFM) volumes that are the same as Windows NT device names (such as NUL,
LPT1, and so on). Using the same names can lead to problems accessing files
and directories from NT.
MORE INFORMATION
In Windows NT, you can create any number of device names and assign them
any name. For example, you can create a device called SomeName and alias it
to \Device\Serial0.
MS-DOS devices are actually aliases to real names. For instance, A: is
really an alias to \Device\Floppy0. In essence there are no real "reserved"
names.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/6/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv KB120740 |
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