X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:29:04 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: XP embedded Message-ID: <20060412162904.GF13171@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20060412095556.GC10758@calimero.vinschen.de> <20060412154903.GC13171@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060412161937.GG9135@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060412161937.GG9135@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:19:37PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >Since /dev/null is a really existing native device, it also works for >stdio redirection when executing a native Windows process. Off the top >of my head I don't know a case for which that really matters, but it's >guaranteed that somebody on the list will find a case really soon after >this change. In this case, "somebody on the list" is me. I changed this back in 1997 because I wanted my windows apps to really see a null device when redirected to /dev/null. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/