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Author	steve.dower
Recipients	borisompol, martin.panter, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Date	2015-05-14.22:22:34
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Message-id	<1431642154.36.0.640207853642.issue24196@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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It's a name reserved by Windows - see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247.aspx#file_and_directory_names If you have a full (and 100% resolved) path, you can prefix it with \\?\ (plus escaping) to access a file by that name, but I wouldn't recommend it as you'll probably break Explorer. In any case, this is an OS limitation and not a Python issue.

It's a name reserved by Windows - see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247.aspx#file_and_directory_names

If you have a full (and 100% resolved) path, you can prefix it with \\?\ (plus escaping) to access a file by that name, but I wouldn't recommend it as you'll probably break Explorer.

In any case, this is an OS limitation and not a Python issue.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2015-05-14 22:22:34	steve.dower	set	recipients: + steve.dower, tim.golden, martin.panter, zach.ware, borisompol
2015-05-14 22:22:34	steve.dower	set	messageid: <1431642154.36.0.640207853642.issue24196@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2015-05-14 22:22:34	steve.dower	link	issue24196 messages
2015-05-14 22:22:34	steve.dower	create