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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:53:51 +0200
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Subject: Re: Problems with sgtty.h, ioctl.h and termios.h
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> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 05:23:52 -0800 (PST)
> From: ROLAND <roland_asmann AT yahoo DOT com>
> > 
> > Yes, you can use "#ifndef __DJGPP__".
> 
> Then if UNIX needs all of this and uses /dev/tty0,
> what is used on a PC as the terminal??

The DOS name for the terminal device is "CON".  DJGPP supports
"/dev/tty" as well (it transparently replaces it with "CON" when it
calls DOS functions), so you can leave code that refers to "/dev/tty"
intact.  But "/dev/tty0" will not work.

> I was looking in some more code, and found some links
> to /dev/tty0, do I have to replace those with
> something else?

Replace them either with "/dev/tty" or with "CON".

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