Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 10:58:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Nathan wrote:

> 3.) I thought (1st sign of a problem) that "/dev" would only matter for a Unix installation since
> its root is just "/". And, I believe, that "/dev" is a standard directory on Unix whereas Win*
> doesn't come with that as standard. There was never an indication (at least to my mind) that it was
> generic for ALL OSes.

"/dev" is not special for DOS/Windows, but it is special for DJGPP, since 
DJGPP tries to transparently emulate some Unix functionality.