Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 16:57:50 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: reading/writing to COM ports
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On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Endlisnis wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > If you only need to output several strings to the port, you could try to
> > use the predefined stream `stdaux'.  You use it the same as `stdout',
> > only `stdaux' is open in binary mode.
> 
>     How can you specify which port to read/write to?

I don't think you can.  It is permanently assigned to the AUX device, 
which is usually COM1.