Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 13:43:42 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: florian.proff.schulze@gmx.net Subject: Re: Writing /dev/ devices Message-ID: <20010517134342.H1496@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, florian.proff.schulze@gmx.net References: <001101c0dd9b$65796da0$0101a8c0@proff> <200105160146.VAA26245@envy.delorie.com> <012801c0deb4$e4391680$0101a8c0@proff> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <012801c0deb4$e4391680$0101a8c0@proff>; from florian.proff.schulze@gmx.net on Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:36:45AM +0200 On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:36:45AM +0200, Florian 'Proff' Schulze wrote: >> > is it possible to write /dev devices for cygwin like /dev/cpuinfo >> > etc? If that's the case, where can I find infos on how to do that? >> >> In the cygwin sources, read src/winsup/doc/fhandler-tut.txt > >Thanks, that already helped me. > >More questions: >Why can't I see the devices with ls like in Linux? It's not implemented. >It seems like /dev/tty is implemented, but when I try to use it, it can't be >found. "Can't be found" is not a useful bug report. >Where can I find more information on /dev in general and how it's done in >cygwin? The sources. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple