When I typed ls /dev/tty, I did not get any response. Any other possible solutions
Vaclav Haisman wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >>> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >>> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >>> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-do-I-make-a-COM-port-in-windows-accessible-using-cygwin--tp31152875p31172378.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
