From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Q: How to configure /dev/null 19 Nov 1997 07:31:20 -0800 Message-ID: <19971119142556.19228.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: kasper AT altisimo DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:50:38 -0500 >From: Richard Kasperowski >Reply-To: kasper AT altisimo DOT com >To: Larry Hall >CC: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >Subject: Re: Q: How to configure /dev/null > >Larry Hall wrote: >> >> At 05:18 PM 11/17/97 -0500, Richard Kasperowski wrote: >> >How do I create a valid /dev/null on NT? TIA. >> >> Create a directory /dev/null. Works for me. mkdir /dev cd /dev cat << EOD > null EOD > >That doesn't quite work. For example, the "configure" script for RCS >5.7 attempts to execute this line: > > //d/gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/diff /dev/null conftest1 > A directory of /dev containing a zero length file named null will make this work. For piping and redirection /dev/null is emulated in the cygwin.dll and isn't really needed. >which results in this error: > > //d/gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/diff: /dev/null/conftest1: No such >file or directory > >-- >Richard Kasperowski Altisimo Computing >kasper AT altisimo DOT com Cambridge, MA, USA >- >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". > - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - 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".