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Re: ls /dev/*
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:01:13 -0500
- Subject: Re: ls /dev/*
- References: <ulldkowjo.fsf@gnu.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory?
>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while
>cat /dev/clipboard works.
No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev which
would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work.
cgf
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