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From:	"linda w \(cyg\)" <cygwin AT tlinx DOT org>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Wavplay for cygwin?
Date:	Wed, 14 May 2003 18:18:11 -0700
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> /dev (like /proc and /cygdrive) is a virtual directory[*], 
> and is handled
> via cygwin1.dll. 
---
	Ahh...somehow 'ls /cygdrive' and ls '/proc' both show up 
with entries in them, but an 'ls /dev/' comes back with 
ls: /dev: No such file or directory, so it's not quite as obvious.

	As for proc going in 10 versions ago...well...maybe I just
forgot about it...but just saw someone mention it recently, so
I asked...oh well...

	I'd have alot easier time keeping track of the universe if I just
knew the initial state (and the CVS log of all the state transitions...
:-)).

> You can create a /cygdrive/c/cygwin/dev 
> directory, for
> tab completion and the like, and even use a batch file I 
> posted earlier to
> populate /dev with zero-length files that will show up as devices.
---
	Ah...will have to search on it.  Sounds useful.  My only
wish there was that different windows each had their own TTY identifier.
makes it easier to keep around a finite number of history files that
retain history from the past few sessions.  Often I'll forget an exact
command and remember I just used it and rather than reread the man page
and refiguring out the manpage, it's often easier to grep though my
bash history files -- not a reliable means, but an occasional laziness
technique.



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