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From: "Sergey Okhapkin" <sos AT sokhapkin DOT dyndns DOT org>
To: "'Paul Munden'" <paul_munden AT uk DOT ibm DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: COM port setup
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:36:45 -0500
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Cygwin has pseudo /dev directory, the device name mapping is
/dev/ttyS0 - com1
/dev/ttyS1 - com2
/dev/ttyS2 - com3
/dev/ttyS3 - com4

You can use both unix and windows device names to open a com port, ie
fopen("/dev/ttyS0") and fopen("com1") do the same, but I suggest you to
use unix-like names.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Paul Munden
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 11:34 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: COM port setup
>
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm hoping you could help me. I'm using CYGWIN to run some
> SMS tools and the tools config files need setting up to add
> the details of which com port I'm using. Basically I just
> need to know how I would go about creating the com4 object in
> /dev so that it does actually point at the com port as when
> installed, CYGWIN came with no /dev or any example of how I
> would setup the com object.
>
> Any help appreciated
>
> Paul.
>
>
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