From: Markus DOT Maeder AT siemens DOT ch (Markus Maeder) Subject: Opening COM2 15 May 1997 09:31:41 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970515074957.0094c100.cygnus.gnu-win32@dilbert> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: maederma AT dilbert X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Bob Wilson posted a message some time ago with some C source lines: if ((comfd = open("com2", O_RDWR | O_TEXT)) <= 0) { fprintf(stderr, "Cmd: Unable to open terminal\n"); exit(1); } He stated, this doesnt function under b17. open hangs... It seems, that this doesn't work under b18 either. Is there a patch? Regards, Markus - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".