Writing /dev/ devices

Florian 'Proff' Schulze florian.proff.schulze@gmx.net
Thu May 17 02:36:00 GMT 2001


> > is it possible to write /dev devices for cygwin like /dev/cpuinfo
> > etc? If that's the case, where can I find infos on how to do that?
>
> In the cygwin sources, read src/winsup/doc/fhandler-tut.txt

Thanks, that already helped me.

More questions:
Why can't I see the devices with ls like in Linux?
It seems like /dev/tty is implemented, but when I try to use it, it can't be
found.
Where can I find more information on /dev in general and how it's done in
cygwin?

Proff
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