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Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> Sorry. I should have read further. Apparently the OP just wants >> *something* in /dev even if it is not what "should" be there. > > > The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry > sometimes, since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory that what > I'm doing my break things in some manner. To date it works just fine. > And, as I've said, to me, disk drives are devices. Somebody suggested > /mnt. To me that's more for remote mounts, so my Z drive might be > better suited for /mnt but C and D are local and I would expect them > in /dev not /mnt.though one could argue that they too are mounted. > Right now we are just talking personal preferences... > >> I suggest just making the directory and downloading interesting jpeg >> images to the directory. That's what I'd do. > > > Hell a touch /dev/file would work (except other special things in /dev > like clipboard will not list - but curiously list with ls > /dev/clipboard)! > Sounds like a winner. I'd go along with having cygdrive changed to dev. dev holds all the devices, like aux, con, and others. lpt -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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