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Yes, it is an Explorer bug - probably a leftover from DOS.
Anyway, you can also create it from the command line, e.g.:
echo > .cvsignore
and then edit the file as usual.
-Torsten
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mehling, Ben" <ben at gsm.uci.edu>
>
> In a message dated 5/25/2002 3:38:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> RusselHarvey at hotmail.com writes:
>
> > the second problem by adding repository (initialise CVSROOT).
> >
> > Still, I don't know how to create .passwd file as Win2K won't let me.
>
> I believe this is an Explorer issue. I just fired up my text editor
> (Vim) and saved the file w/ the file name .whatever (I think I was
> creating .cvsignore files at the time). Its certainly not a filesystem
> problem.
>
> - Ben
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