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Subject: Re: How do I make a COM port in windows accessible using  cygwin?
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Vinod Pillai wrote, On 15.3.2011 21:03:
> 
> Im sorry but Im a complete novice at this. I cd-ed into the /dev folder. But
> I could not find a ttyS1. If you could elaborate what exactly I must do, it
> would be helpful. Thank you.
Read the page I have linked: "These devices cannot be seen with the command
ls /dev/ although commands such as ls /dev/tty work fine."

-- 
VH

> 
> Vinod
> 
> 
> Vaclav Haisman wrote:
>>
>>  On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:18:00 -0700 (PDT), Vinod Pillai wrote:
>>> I have a virtual serial port set up on my COM2 port. I am trying to 
>>> run a
>>> program on cygwin which will require the use of this serial port on 
>>> COM2. I
>>> was wondering how I could connect to the COM port using cygwin?
>>  See 
>>
>> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-posixdevices>. 
>>  You probably want /dev/ttyS1 for COM2.
>>
>> -- 
>>  VH
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