Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:54:45 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Devicename conventions Message-ID: <20020403155445.GK4053@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <31060 DOT 1017848832 AT www46 DOT gmx DOT net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31060.1017848832@www46.gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 05:47:12PM +0200, Frank Wagner wrote: >Hello, > >does someone know wether there exists a document where I can find the >devicename differences between windows and Linux/Unix. > >For example: >To program the serial port with Cygwin the devicename for Windows must be >/dev/com1 and on Linux /dev/ttyS0. /dev/ttyS0 should work fine on cygwin, too. It's not yet documented, though. >So I want to know which names the other devices should have for example the >keybord? Look in the online documentation at http://cygwin.com/: "Special filenames" . >Is there a document where I can read this or doesn't this make any sense? >Can I also try the Linux conventions? Asking if you can "try" something doesn't make a lot of sense. You can always try things. Trying is the best way to learn, too. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/