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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 14:57:55 -0800
From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: No /dev/parport0
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:07:46 +0100 (MET), Mary Cuper <MCuper@gmx.net> wrote:
> I´m trying the whole time to get my /dev directory work.
> There is no /dev/parport0, so I tried to install one with
> mknod /dev/parport0 c 99 0
> but it doesn´t help.
> 
> I need it for programming my ATmega16 microcontroller with uisp.
> 
> I always get
> /dev/parport0: No such device or address
> Failed to open ppdev.

I don't see anything about parport0 at
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html>
so I don't think Cygwin supports what you're looking for, but you can
always use msdos names like lpt1. And, as always, I'm sure patches 
to add this functionality would be thoughtfully considered.

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