At 12:27 PM 3/9/2004, you wrote: > To whom it may concern; > > According to the cygwin user's guide, tape drive devices > are mapped to /dev... or /device... . Shouldn't you be able > to see these directories from a cygwin window under the > / directory ? If so, is it because I did not install all of cygwin > at the time of installation ? On my Windows 2000 host in a > cygwin window, I need to be able to perform a tar command > in the form: tar cvf /dev...(for tape device) filename. > > Any help in resloving this issue is most appreciated !
Did you read the first paragraph of the section on POSIX devices in the User's Guide? <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN806> It applies to all the devices described in that section. Also, to correct an incorrect implication in your statement above, the POSIX paths for these devices start with "/dev", not "/device". -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
