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Re: ls /dev/*
> * Andrew DeFaria <Naqerj@QrSnevn.pbz> [2004-11-02 22:07:41 -0800]:
>
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Actually I change the cygdrive prefix to dev. Just seems to make sense
> to me that C: would be /dev/c as apposed to /cygdrive/c, which is longer
> to type. When I ls /dev I get:
>
> $ ls /dev
> c/ d/ z/
YES! I think this is a great idea!
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