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There is no \device directory.   You just use /dev/whatever even
though it doesn't show up in ls.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Jwelch <jwelch AT corp DOT fanbox DOT com> wrote:
>
> Ok, that makes sense but I don't have the /device directory. How do I create
> it so I can see it?
>
>
>
>
> Dave Korn wrote:
>>
>> Jwelch wrote on 26 June 2008 18:13:
>>
>>> I've been trying to do a block copy of one of my systems but I'm having
>>> an
>>> issue with finding the partition on cygwin. When I go to /dev, I don't
>>> see
>>> my hard drives so I can't do a DD.
>>
>>   Even though you don't see them, they are there.  The /dev filesystem is
>> (more-or-less) entirely synthetic under cygwin.  See here for the details
>> of
>> the device names you'll want to use:
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
>>
>> Note especially the first paragraph under "POSIX devices".
>>
>>     cheers,
>>       DaveK
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