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From: "James Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Cygwin mistakes directories for character devices
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Robert Collins wrote:
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> > Under
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Robert Collins wrote:
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> > I'm not sure about filenames, but I know that you can make directories
> > named as such because I had 3 directories following that naming
> scheme.
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> Under win9x?
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> Rob
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Just double checked the names of the directories and the only differen
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Robert Collins wrote:
> Under win9x, such filenames are invalid - they are DOS devices, and
> cygwin maintains win9x compatability. If you want correct behaviour
> under NT, perhaps you could submit a patch.
I'm not sure about filenames, but I know that you can make director
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 05:01:59PM -0800, Michael A Chase wrote:
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 16:54
>Subject: Re: cygwin mistakes directories for character devices
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From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 16:54
Subject: Re: cygwin mistakes directories for character devices
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:50:01PM -0500, James Vega wrote:
&g
On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 07:50:01PM -0500, James Vega wrote:
>Create a directory named "comX" where X is a number.
>ls the directory and it will come up as a character device.
>This shouldn't be happening unless the directory is under /dev.
http://cygwin.com/lists.html#see-above
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From: "James Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:50 AM
Subject: Cygwin mistakes directories for character devices
> Create a directory named "comX" where X is a number.
> ls
Create a directory named "comX" where X is a number.
ls the directory and it will come up as a character device.
This shouldn't be happening unless the directory is under /dev.
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