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Singh, Abhijeet wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am not able to compile using DOT Net Compiler. It complains that
> /dev/null not found.

Why would a Win32 compiler understand '/dev/null'?  Perhaps you need to be a
little more descriptive about what you're doing here. ;-)

> Similar setup on another Win-XP Box runs fine.

OK.  That doesn't really help us on this end much.  But it does give you a
machine with which you can do comparisons to find a solution.

> I am aware that I can replace /dev/null with a File Name and it will run
> but that is not a permanent solution. Lots of archives on the mailing list
> suggest the same but they don't tell a corrective action to be taken.

Since this works the same for a vanilla Win32 app, this doesn't indicate
much.

> I don't have a /dev/ directory in my root Folder.

<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#id318090>

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