> On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:14:54AM -0000, Elfyn McBratney wrote: > >> Actually, just creating a file named 'con' would probably be easier. > > > >Isn't 'con' a reserved name in windows? > > That's kinda the whole point.
Right...I get it now. > >I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to extract it from the tar > >archive. > > It works just as I would expect, and just like /dev/tty works, which > is no surprise. The drawback is that it won't do anything if you're > running from rxvt or X-Windows, though. If there's a chance that this would still go un-noticed then can we go with the package-version.cyg/car packaging scheme? Most user's IMO would just think that we've started our own rpm thing and would be "forced" to use setup.exe as they would have done usually or not. That's what it's there for afterall. > cgf Regards, Elfyn McBratney [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
