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Windows paths are garbage
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Using non-canonicalized paths (`\\?\C:\Users\User\Desktop\test\bar.` etc), you can create files which:
- Won't show up on the desktop (although they will show up in Windows Explorer).
- You can't open (tried in notepad via drag-and-drop and the 'open' panel).
- You can't delete.
Also, you can't delete their parent folder, either. Nice.
Additionally, some commands will resolve '.' components in paths, while others (like `mkdir`), but others (like `echo "hello" > \\?\C:\...` in CMD.exe) will reject those paths outright.
Hot. Garbage.
This is just shoddy engineering.
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