From: cgf@bbc.com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: /dev/tty? 4 Nov 1997 06:38:23 -0800 Message-ID: References: <3.0.1.32.19971104065904.009244a0@zip.com.au> Reply-To: cgf@bbc.com To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com In article <3.0.1.32.19971104065904.009244a0@zip.com.au>, raf wrote: >hi, > >what do you do when fopen("/dev/tty", "r") doesn't work? >i tried "ln -s /dev/conin /dev/tty" but /dev/conin (the output >of 'tty') doesn't exist. Try this instead: mount con /dev/tty That worked for me. Btw, I've just submitted a patch to make cygwin do this by default. -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".