Device name

Device name

A device name is a reserved keyword used in some operating systems to allow access to certain ports and devices.

MS-DOS and MS-DOS–based systems

MS-DOS uses devices names for access to printers and ports. Most versions of windows also contain this support, which can cause confusion when trying to make files and folders of certain names, as they cannot have these names.cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/74496|title=MS-DOS Device Driver Names Cannot be Used as File Names|accessdate=2008-05-01|date=2003-05-12|publisher=Microsoft] A common misconception is that these are bugs which Microsoft has failed to fix.

Using pipes, data can be sent to or received from a device. For example, typing 'type c:data.txt > PRN' will send the file c:data.txt to the printer, although this may not work on all systems.

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