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Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 15:23:12 +0200
From: Alessio Sangalli <alesan AT manoweb DOT com>
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To: Cliff Hones <cliff AT aonix DOT co DOT uk>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: efax on cygwin
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Cliff Hones wrote:

> Did you actually try Igor's suggestion?  You may need to create
> a real /dev directory.  After adding the symbolic link efax
> may be able to correctly open the modem.  Note that Cygwin's
> devices are virtual, so you don't actually need a real /dev/ttyS0
> file.

ja!!! it works nicely, thought there are some warnings, but I've sent a 
fax and it's perfect! Thank you!!!

PS sorry if I didn't undertsand the suggestion at first. Thank you 
again.......!!

> 
> Igor was pointing out that it isn't just Cygwin that efax doesn't
> port to directly, since /dev/modem doesn't necessarily exist.

efax had the -d option to point to some other device, or you can specify 
it in a config file... I don't see this as a portability problem....


ciao
Alessio Sangalli



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