> * Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]: > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote: >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory? >>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while >>cat /dev/clipboard works. > > No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev which > would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work.
Thanks, I guessed that much. I also know about "PTC". (fhandler_proc.cc is too long, I guess fhandler_dev.cc would be just as long, and I suspect that fhandler_dev.cc is not the only this missing). Is this on anyone's TODO list? -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> usually: can't pay ==> don't buy. software: can't buy ==> don't pay -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
