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From: johnd%software DOT ntep DOT nec DOT co DOT jp AT franken DOT de (jjd)
Subject: Re: /dev
30 Jul 1998 09:52:22 -0700 :
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To: "Geoffrey Norton" <geoffrey AT jpint DOT toronto DOT edu>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

> I recently installed B19, and everything is fine, except my /dev
>directory didn't get created.  Am I missing something?  I uninstalled and
>reinstalled, to no avail.  I need to have ptys and ttys for some perl
>scripts that I'm working on (Expect stuff), and this is getting quite
>frustrating.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


i think you have to do something like:
  mount CON /dev/tty
  mount NUL /dev/null
  ...
but the directories won't get created because it's only a logical
association.

hope this helps,

jjd

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