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Date:	Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:01:13 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: ls /dev/*
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On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory?
>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while
>cat /dev/clipboard works.

No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev which
would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work.

cgf

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