[Idle-dev] [ idlefork-Bugs-824595 ] filename .idlerc crashes windows98

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Bugs item #824595, was opened at 2003-10-16 02:33
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Works For Me
>Priority: 1
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: filename .idlerc crashes windows98

Initial Comment:
Windows 98 crashes in horrible ways when filenames 
start with a dot. Even deleting the file is difficult! 
Crashes take place at totally unexpected moments, 
without any idle activity. Apparently the filesystem 
crashes when it gives the wrong interpretation to the 
starting dot.

The file .idlerc should be renamed in something without a 
dot, for instance typical windows would be idle.ini
Any name without a starting dot is OK.

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2003-10-16 11:09

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We need to know more about how your system was configured.
Do you have a network filesystem or something like that?
Virus scanner tools installed?

I'm asking because I have used IDLE with this file without
trouble for years on my own win98 box, so I doubt that it's
win98 itself that causes the crashes. Filenames of this form
have always been legal in win98. But some other software
you've installed may be buggy.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-10-16 02:33

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e-mail address of submitter: gerrit.muller at embeddedsystems.nl

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