Update fails with long file name

[Benjamin Fritz]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Augie Fackler <lists at durin42.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Benjamin Fritz
> <fritzophrenic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > OK, so that argument was convincing...until I actually tested it.
> >
> > Using Windows File Explorer in Windows 7, I can delete the file from my
SVN
> > working copy without any problems. I can even send it to the Recycle
Bin and
> > restore it from there. It isn't completely seamless...I can't
copy-paste, I
> > can't rename it to a longer name, and command-line tools don't work,
but I
> > can delete it.
>
>
> What about a file named something like 'aux'? Is that still broken?

Yes, very much broken. I had to look up how to even create such a file. I
created two, "aux.txt" and "NUL.txt".

Once I got those created, I was asked for admin privileges to delete. It
didn't matter if I allow that; I can't delete the files in Windows explorer.

I need to use the \\.\C:\ syntax to remove them with the del command.
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