> > * Christopher Faylor > <pts-ab-crefbany-ercyl-cyrnfr@pltjva.pbz> [2004年11月02日 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. Chris -- 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/