Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> 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: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:01:13 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: ls /dev/* Message-ID: <20041102200113.GA22769@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <ulldkowjo DOT fsf AT gnu DOT org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <ulldkowjo.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while >cat /dev/clipboard works. No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev which would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/