>> com1, com2, etc, devices are included in that "directory"... but dos is
>> that weird that you can access them without specifying \dev.

>Yes, you have to which names are reserved.

>> BTW, the \dev directory caused problems in earlier versions of dos and
>> win, which can be attacked from irc... (don't you ever see those stupid
>> ctcp's that boring people send?)..

>AFAIK that's a problem in the "path parser" in Win 9x. I don't think DOS
>(at least pre 7.0) has a problem with c:\con\con

>> (correct me if I'm wrong)

>BTDT

AH the stupidity of Micro[fart] :-)

Todd