X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4C9A4207.9080405@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:51:03 -0400 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [bulk] - R: /dev/ttys* under cygwin problem References: <8CCC8F85C5F2784387A32FAD835FB4E602F21573F3@server03> <358785.53873.qm@web25505.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <8CCC8F85C5F2784387A32FAD835FB4E602F21573F7@server03> <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A2094D31E89D@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> <4C9A3CFA.9090507@fgm.com> In-Reply-To: <4C9A3CFA.9090507@fgm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 9/22/2010 1:29 PM, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > ... >> To go there directly: >> http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-posixdevices >> > > Regarding where that page says: > > These devices cannot be seen with the command ls /dev/ ... > > I've wondered about that--why aren't those special files listed in a > directory listing? > > (The Cygwin DLL makes those device files appear when they are referred > to by full pathname; why doesn't it also make them appear in the > containing directory's listing?) They are implemented in a virtual file system. It is not necessary that there be placeholders in the file system for them to work. But if you prefer that, you can add them. This is why the documentation has a link to the script to create the devices in the file system: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple