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Re: Socket read problem on Windows XP Pro & Cygwin
Brian Dessent <brian <at> dessent.net> writes:
> What I was trying to emphasize is that passing "COM4" to open() in a
> Cygwin program sets you up for a world of hurt...
>
> Brian
It's even worse than you think. In this case...COM4 is not even a real serial
port...but a "virtual" serial port constructed by a USB driver. Fortunately for
me...because it's not a real port...I don't actually need to configure it at
all....
I'm actually quite impressed that I can even open COM ports and write to them
and it all seems to work OK via cygwin. Thanks for the warning and the help.
Todd
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