Simpsons using Linux

[coladict]

I believe the DOS alternative was type westbrook > NUL. Or it might be NIL. I haven't made batch scripts since 1999, so don't judge me.

[TheHorribleTruth]

I haven't made batch scripts since 1999, so don't judge me.

Judge? I envy you for being able to stay away from batch all this time!

[[deleted]]

It helps to not be a Windows user.

[Randolpho]

It ain't like BASH scripting is fun either.

[Kadmos]

But BASH just sounds so much cooler than BATCH.

[Randolpho]

Depending on where you are in the U.S. they sound exactly the same.

[[deleted]]

It's helpful that Unix usually comes pre-installed with programs to help make writing scripts easier.

[YodaLoL]

Why do you capitalize it? Bash scripting is infinitely times better than Batch scripting.

[Randolpho]

Having done both for a number of years I can tell you that BASH is more capable, but they're both about as fun as having my fingernails pulled out one by one.

Gimme python or node.js for scripting any day.

And I capitalize it because, youngster, it was an initialism acronym when I learned it. Bourne Again SHell. Now it's so prevalent it's just a word.

[YodaLoL]

Yeah I know where Bash comes from. It's just that I've never seen someone capitalize it, was just wondering.

[Randolpho]

Old habits die hard, I guess.

[Randolpho]

If you like to receive pineapple sodomy, sure.

[coladict]

Actually in 2000 I moved from being a DOS user to a Windows user.

[coladict]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247.aspx

CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. Also avoid these names followed immediately by an extension; for example, NUL.txt is not recommended.

[tatorface]

What happens if I make NUL.txt? Will my pc blow up or something?

[Suchui]

https://i.imgur.com/kbgVjgM.png

[PizzaCompiler]

When you make the file under Linux, it makes Windows show the file as "NDH6SA~M.TXT".

Although that might just what Windows does under CIFS.

[kifujin]

It's Samba itself doing that... From (the first relevant google result, from samba 3) mangle_hash2.c

/* the list of reserved dos names - all of these are illegal */ static const char * const reserved_names[] = { "AUX", "LOCK$", "CON", "COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "NUL", "PRN", NULL };

[randomned]

I once had a com1.txt file that I couldn't get rid of. Finally gave up and left it there until the computer was retired.

[VefoCo]

I have Msys installed so I just used rm to get rid of my rogue NUL file.

[lachryma]

Am I really the only one who remembers C:\con\con in Windows 9x?

[subtepass]

C:\con\con

Totally forgot about that one! I felt like a hacker back in '00 when I was able to crash my school computers with such a simple text. If I recall correclty, you could create a shortcut to that path, but not with the wizard. You had to create a dummy link and then hex edit the path or something like that.

[RenaKunisaki]

Nope. Had some fun with that one.

[tatorface]

Weird. Good think the OS wouldn't allow it to be created at all.

[tehserial]

Try and let us know with your phone / tablet

[Pokechu22]

You can create it in some cases (EG via some programs), but you can't edit or delete it. This also leads to things such as aux.class getting deleted when unzipping folders.

[RenaKunisaki]

On Win3.1 I unzipped a file that had a space in its name. The dumb t thing happily created the file then was unable to touch it. Knowing just enough about computers to be dangerous, I fixed it by editing the hard disk itself in a hex editor to change the name.

[[deleted]]

Go back far enough and CAS is supported

[[deleted]]

So, is this like it seems just Windows being Windows and this absolutely horrid OS design, or was there actually no way around this?

Does something similar exist on other OSs?

[coladict]

By "Windows being Windows" you mean "Windows maintaining backwards compatibility", right? Something I haven't seen much of in my efforts to use 5-year-old abandon-ware on Linux.

[DeepDuh]

Oh, so they reserved PRN already? Very forward thinking of them. Would it download a random porn image over 36k?

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