From:	Dan Hensley <dansherryn AT juno DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How to open COM port in DJGPP?
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 1999 18:00:38 -0700
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Dan Hensley wrote:

> Hello all,
>     How does DJGPP handle serial port access?  Specifically, how can I
> open a COM port?  I need to use the open() function, and I've tried
> COM1, /dev/com1/, /dev/tty00, /dev/ttyS0, and /dev/cua0--none of them
> work.
>     I need to use open() because my code uses tcgetattr(), tcsetattr(),
> and select().
>     I've looked at bcsio, but I'd like to be able to compile my Unix
> code as-is, if possible.  I'm in the process of looking at dzcomm.  I'm
> also searching through the old posts, but so far I haven't found
> anything promising.
>
> Thanks for any input,
> Dan

P.S.  I'm running in NT4sp4, so I can't call the bios functions to set
serial port attributes (as far as I know).

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