doh pressed reply not reply-all. forwarded to the list -----Original Message----- From: Vince Hoffman Sent: 21 November 2002 16:16 To: 'Mack, Daemian' Subject: RE: No /dev Files for Tape Backup to Use?
The /dev folder has various posix devices, but they are interperated by the cygwin dll much the same way that /cygdrive is. its explained here http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html better than i can. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mack, Daemian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 21 November 2002 16:08 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: No /dev Files for Tape Backup to Use? > > > I've installed Cygwin on NT4 in order to use tar to do some > backups. I've > got a 15/30 Gb DLT tape drive hooked up to the machine. > > My understanding is that tar will need to refer to the tape > device -- yet > there is no /dev directory. Is this common? Is there some > other step I > need to take to generate the proper /dev files for my tape drive, etc? > > Please advise. > > > Daemian Mack > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
