Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:34:21 +0300
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	Peddell on Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:39:27 +1000)
Subject:	Re: stat and character devices
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> From: Ben Peddell <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:39:27 +1000
> > 
> > Also note that AUX, which is an alias for one of the COMx, is
> > supported no matter what's the value of CWD.
> 
> First, AUX and COM1 are different devices in MS-DOS.

It's the same with PRN vs LPTx, but so what?

What I meant was that I/O to/from AUX always winds up on one of the
COMx ports, even though its driver's address is different.

Thanks for the other testing.  It sounds more and more like a Windows
bug.

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