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26.2; save-buffer silently fails in winNT if buffer name has forbidden chars

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From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: 35448-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35448: 26.2;
 save-buffer silently fails in winNT if buffer name has forbidden chars
Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 17:44:18 +0900

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

I saw the cat meow.
Since this is a feature I wasn't aware of, not a bug, then I am closing this bug.
>> >   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Alternate_data_streams_(ADS)
>> >   http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/alternate-streams.phtml
>> 
>> And to see that your cat's meow is not lost, try this:
>> 
>>   C-u M-! streams schrodinger RET
>
> Even better, kill the buffer and then "C-x C-f schrodinger:cat RET".
> (A program such as 'cat' will also show the text.)

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