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Re: What part of Cygwin API code handles raw device access?
- To: MetcalJM at utrc dot utc dot com
- Subject: Re: What part of Cygwin API code handles raw device access?
- From: "Richard H. Gumpertz" <rhg at cps dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 98 12:09:02 CDT
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
> I'm interested in writing an MSDOS 16-bit tool that behaves
> exactly like the UNIX dd, and has access to raw devices
> (both floppy and hard disk). I imagine that I might be able
> to adapt some of the 32-bit Cygwin32 code, or at least learn
> from it. If somebody could point me to the right portion of
> the cygwin32 b-19.1 code that handles the /dev/fd0 raw
> device access, I would be very grateful.
If money is not a major issue, the MKS toolkit for DOS includes exactly what
you are looking for...
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