[New-bugs-announce] [issue37517] Improve error messages for Windows reserved file names

Sat Jul 6 20:00:34 EDT 2019

New submission from Steven D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info>:

See #37515.

Perhaps Windows builds can check for reserved file names and give a more descriptive error message in the event of IO error?

(Eryksun also mentions two reserved names which Microsoft apparently does not document: "CONIN$" and "CONOUT$".)

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components: Windows
messages: 347456
nosy: CarK, SilentGhost, eryksun, paul.moore, steve.dower, steven.daprano, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Improve error messages for Windows reserved file names
versions: Python 3.8

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