On 22 April 2006 06:26, David Christensen wrote: > Oliver Vecernik wrote >> I'd like to use the serial port from perl on my notebook. > > Try the Win32::SerialPort Perl module: > > http://members.aol.com/Bbirthisel/SerialPort.html > > > I used it in the past and it worked great, but I had to use ActiveState Perl > rather than Cygwin Perl. >
Well then, that's a really good argument for just using the builtin access that cygwin provides through /dev/ttySx instead, isn't it? The way Oliver's original post reads suggests that he was just thrown off by not seeing any devices under the virtual /dev dir, but that doesn't mean it won't work for him if he tries it. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/