Re: Problem open(...) serial port /dev/com20 and tcgetattr(...)

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jan 17 10:48, Stan Pinte wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> accessing serial port under cygwin, with ids above 10 is broken:
> 
> Using "/dev/com20" results in a "No such file or directory" error.

Try the more POSIXy "/dev/ttyS19" instead.  /dev/ttyS0 == /dev/com1
This is supposed to be supported up to /dev/ttyS63.

> The following post:
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-12/msg00323.html says I should use
> 
> "\\\\.\\com20" instead of "/dev/com20". If I do that, the call to open(...) succeed, 
> but the call to tcgetattr raises a "Inappropriate ioctl for device" error.

This posting is 7(!) years old.  Things have changed in the meantime.
Don't use the Windows notation "\\.\comXX".  It's not supported.


Corinna

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