Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Do you know where your variables are?
 
PerlMonks  

Re^2: Why are there no errors when opening a filename that contains colons on Win10

by Lotus1 (Vicar)
on Oct 11, 2019 at 20:10 UTC ( #11107350=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Why are there no errors when opening a filename that contains colons on Win10
in thread Why are there no errors when opening a filename that contains colons on Win10

soonix, thanks! Your explanation and links helped me to finally understand. The Microsoft page provided a simple demonstration at the command prompt:

> echo hello > test:stream
> more < test:stream

[download]
  • Comment on Re^2: Why are there no errors when opening a filename that contains colons on Win10
  • Download Code

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://11107350]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this? | Other CB clients
Other Users?
Others contemplating the Monastery: (6)
As of 2021-01-27 17:40 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?
    The STEM quote I most wish I'd made is:









    Results (300 votes). Check out past polls.
    Notices?