> * Chris January <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-11-03 09:08:44 +0000]: > >> > * 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?
> Actually it's not that difficult. I've already implemented it once. See this > patch: > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2002-q2/msg00191.html > It was due to be merged sometime around 1.3.12 but I think I and the > maintainers forgot about it. Feel free to update the patch to latest CVS and > re-submit it. I am sure it would be much easier for you to update your own patch. Could you please do it? -- 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> He who laughs last did not get the joke. -- 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/