From: jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu ("John W. Eaton") Subject: Re: b17 bash problem with /dev/null on Windows 95 system 9 Dec 1996 23:57:06 -0800 Sender: daemon@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199612100452.WAA02169.cygnus.gnu-win32@tillamook-sharp.eaton.net> References: <199612091553.KAA02700@epix.net> Original-To: In-Reply-To: <199612091553.KAA02700@epix.net> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 9-Dec-1996, Phillip N. Toland wrote: : I think I know what is happeneing here. Under DOS-ish systems, every : directory has a nul device (nul is the magic name, not null as someone : suggested earlier). I believe you said earlier that you created a /dev : directory, so therefore /dev/nul exists but /dev/null doesn't. I did create a /dev directory, but when it didn't help the /dev/null problem, I deleted it. Even without it, redirecting to /dev/nul works. Redirecting /dev/null still fails. : Unfortunately this doesn't explain why the cygwin tools can't find : /dev/null True. jwe - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".