Support select() to read data from serial port

[Dave Korn]

On 20 February 2008 10:35, hce wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I guess that
> select() is not supported by the window, nor by minGW. 

  Yep.

> Will cygwin support select() in a fiile
> system to read data from a serial port? 

  Yep.

> In cygwin, can I keep native
> read() and write() system call to a serial port file descriptor, 

  Yep.

  :)

  You should be able to just recompile your program on cygwin and it'll work.
You even get to use linux-alike /dev/ttyS0 names to access the serial port
(ttyS0 = COM1, ttyS1 = COM2, etc..)


    cheers,
      DaveK
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