aux path appears reserved

[rsegnini]

The clone script failed when copying the files in the aux directory. I tried creating the directory manually, and got this message:

mv : Cannot process path '.\EB1A\aux' because the target represents a reserved device name. At line:1 char:1

• mv .\aux1\ aux

• 
  + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (.\aux:String) [Move-Item], IOException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

BTW, thank you for sharing your experience

[razvanmarinescu]

you mean when you clone with git clone? as in:

git clone git@github.com:razvanmarinescu/EB1A.git

[rsegnini]

yes. The first time with that exact command line it appeared to start working, then made another error with a similar reason than I already posted. Yet still nothing was cloned in my local directory, until I wrote:

git restore --source=HEAD :/

and that created all the subdirectories, except the one called aux, and provided again the same error message. By troubleshooting I determined that somehoe aux is a reserved device name.

BTW, I am running Powershell in Windows 11

[razvanmarinescu]

Just tested on MacOS and on Linux and it works, it might be something Windows specific. Try copy-pasting the latex code in your latex file.

[rsegnini]

Thank you for taking the time. Should have given you all the screens. Ultimately will do as you say, as I got the latex file. I just didn't know how critical for the compile where the files in the aux subdir.

For completeness, let me redo everything. First, I renamed the directory that I was able to download last time (everything but the aux subdir) Now I run the git command:

git clone git@github.com:razvanmarinescu/EB1A.git Cloning into 'EB1A'... remote: Enumerating objects: 80, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (80/80), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (61/61), done. remote: Total 80 (delta 30), reused 68 (delta 18), pack-reused 0Receiving objects: 73% (59/80), 14.21 MiB | 1024.00 KiB/s Receiving objects: 100% (80/80), 14.45 MiB | 1.07 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (30/30), done. error: invalid path 'aux/RazvanMarinescu_CV.pdf' fatal: unable to checkout working tree warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed. You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status' and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/'

after doing this, the directory is created empty.

cd EB1A EB1A> ls (nothing shows, prompt comes back)

So I get into it and run the retry command, as recommended:

EB1A> git restore --source=HEAD :/ error: invalid path 'aux/RazvanMarinescu_CV.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/adevarul_translation.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/adevarul_wiki.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/ai_impact1.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/ai_impact2.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/alzforum_wiki.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/check.jpeg' error: invalid path 'aux/esi.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/esi.png' error: invalid path 'aux/google_scholar.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/gscholar_discipline.pdf' error: invalid path 'aux/tadpole_press.pdf' EB1A> ls

Directory: EB1A

Mode LastWriteTime Length Name

---

d----- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM articles d----- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM letters d----- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM reviews -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 619984 ETA9089.pdf -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 744725 i-140_final.pdf -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 1341854 i-485.pdf -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 428337 i-907.pdf -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 8625139 main.pdf -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 101718 main.tex -a---- 2/28/2024 1:19 PM 990 README.md

Thank you!

[razvanmarinescu]

Gotcha. I think it's something with the pdfs. If you manage to fix it, send a pull request and I'll merge it. Meanwhile, just git clone it on a Linux/MacOS system.

[rsegnini]

Hi, I don't have those systems. For others, this link has references that can help. For the future, there are issues with reserved names and characters in Windows. Possible solution: rename that subdir, or check the link for options.