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Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2002 19:54:57 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: cygwin mistakes directories for character devices
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:50:01PM -0500, James Vega wrote:
>Create a directory named "comX" where X is a number.
>ls the directory and it will come up as a character device.
>This shouldn't be happening unless the directory is under /dev.

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cgf

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