Error 267 "The directory name is invalid" on pull/branch on Windoze

Aaron Bentley aaron at aaronbentley.com
Tue Aug 12 16:04:47 BST 2008


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John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Windows doesn't allow certain filenames. Such as "prn", "com", and a few
> others. I didn't know about it refusing "con", but that looks like what
> it is complaining about.

Yes, "con" is a special name under DOS/Windows, meaning "console", i.e.
stdin/stdout.  "copy con foo" has roughly the same effect as "cat > foo".

Aaron
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