Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <012801c0deb4$e4391680$0101a8c0@proff> From: "Florian 'Proff' Schulze" To: References: <001101c0dd9b$65796da0$0101a8c0@proff> <200105160146.VAA26245@envy.delorie.com> Subject: Re: Writing /dev/ devices Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 11:36:45 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 > > is it possible to write /dev devices for cygwin like /dev/cpuinfo > > etc? If that's the case, where can I find infos on how to do that? > > In the cygwin sources, read src/winsup/doc/fhandler-tut.txt Thanks, that already helped me. More questions: Why can't I see the devices with ls like in Linux? It seems like /dev/tty is implemented, but when I try to use it, it can't be found. Where can I find more information on /dev in general and how it's done in cygwin? Proff -- Florian 'Proff' Schulze - florian.proff.schulze@gmx.net Homepage: - http://proff.fly.to PGP-Key available from - http://www.keyserver.net/en/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple