Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-25 Thread Larry Hall
At 05:12 AM 3/25/2004, you wrote: >A question slightly besides your point ... but very interesting to me: > >What is the benefit of using /dev/ttyS0 instead of "com1" on Cygwin? Portability. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (

Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-25 Thread Larry Hall
At 01:28 AM 3/25/2004, you wrote: >On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > >> "com" is a reserved name in Windows. It's best to steer clear of it in >> any context you can. You may be catching it in your "if test -c com1" >> version. > >We'd _love_ to steer clear of it, particularly since /dev/t

"test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-25 Thread H. Henning Schmidt
A question slightly besides your point ... but very interesting to me: What is the benefit of using /dev/ttyS0 instead of "com1" on Cygwin? Do you have a short explanation for me, or perhaps a pointer to some more detailed info? Thanks a lot, ;Henning On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Curt, WE7U wrote: Our ap

Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-24 Thread Curt Mills
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > "com" is a reserved name in Windows. It's best to steer clear of it in > any context you can. You may be catching it in your "if test -c com1" > version. We'd _love_ to steer clear of it, particularly since /dev/ttyS0 works for two of our targeted system

Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-24 Thread Larry Hall
At 04:31 PM 3/24/2004, you wrote: >On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Curt, WE7U wrote: > >> Our application runs on multiple OS'es. A few of our WinXP users >> (and perhaps Win2k, can't remember) have had "if test -c com1" hang >> during our configure stage. >> >> We've already figured out that we should be us

Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-24 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Curt, WE7U wrote: > Our application runs on multiple OS'es. A few of our WinXP users > (and perhaps Win2k, can't remember) have had "if test -c com1" hang > during our configure stage. > > We've already figured out that we should be using "/dev/ttyS0" > instead of "com1", and

"test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems

2004-03-24 Thread Curt, WE7U
Our application runs on multiple OS'es. A few of our WinXP users (and perhaps Win2k, can't remember) have had "if test -c com1" hang during our configure stage. We've already figured out that we should be using "/dev/ttyS0" instead of "com1", and have switched to that. Because of the hang we're