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serial port block on the command line


Hi,

Why this command is blocking on the cygwin shell:

echo "Hello" > /dev/ttyS0

I need to break it with ctrl-c and it gives me the following line:
-bash: echo: write error: Interrupted system call

I don't understand what is going on.

Thanks,

Vince



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