Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <04ea01c1a6ce$3c4ce270$0d00a8c0@mchasecompaq> From: "Michael A Chase" To: "cygwin" References: <20020127005457.GA14404@redhat.com> Subject: Re: cygwin mistakes directories for character devices Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:01:59 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" To: Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 16:54 Subject: Re: cygwin mistakes directories for character devices > On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:50:01PM -0500, James Vega wrote: > >Create a directory named "comX" where X is a number. > >ls the directory and it will come up as a character device. > >This shouldn't be happening unless the directory is under /dev. > > http://cygwin.com/lists.html#see-above I think you meant http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htm and http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC59 . -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/