ls /dev/*

Wed Nov 3 15:43:00 GMT 2004

Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> Sorry. I should have read further. Apparently the OP just wants 
>> *something* in /dev even if it is not what "should" be there.
>>> The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry 
> sometimes, since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory that what 
> I'm doing my break things in some manner. To date it works just fine. 
> And, as I've said, to me, disk drives are devices. Somebody suggested 
> /mnt. To me that's more for remote mounts, so my Z drive might be 
> better suited for /mnt but C and D are local and I would expect them 
> in /dev not /mnt.though one could argue that they too are mounted. 
> Right now we are just talking personal preferences...
>>> I suggest just making the directory and downloading interesting jpeg 
>> images to the directory. That's what I'd do.
>>> Hell a touch /dev/file would work (except other special things in /dev 
> like clipboard will not list - but curiously list with ls 
> /dev/clipboard)!
>Sounds like a winner.
I'd go along with having cygdrive changed to dev.
dev holds all the devices, like aux, con, and others.
lpt
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