Cygwin mistakes directories for character devices

2002-01-26 Thread James Vega
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. -- ***** James Vega Tel: 617.377.2436 e-mail: [

Re: Cygwin mistakes directories for character devices

2002-01-26 Thread James Vega
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

Re: Cygwin mistakes directories for character devices

2002-01-27 Thread James Vega
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Robert Collins wrote: > > > > 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. > > Under win9x? > > Rob > Just double checked the names of the directories and the only differen