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Re: How do I make a COM port in windows accessible using cygwin?


When I typed ls /dev/tty, I did not get any response. Any other possible
solutions


Vaclav Haisman wrote:
> 
> Vinod Pillai wrote, On 15.3.2011 21:03:
>> 
>> Im sorry but Im a complete novice at this. I cd-ed into the /dev folder.
>> But
>> I could not find a ttyS1. If you could elaborate what exactly I must do,
>> it
>> would be helpful. Thank you.
> Read the page I have linked: "These devices cannot be seen with the
> command
> ls /dev/ although commands such as ls /dev/tty work fine."
> 
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> VH
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>> 
>> Vinod
>> 
>> 
>> Vaclav Haisman wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 06:18:00 -0700 (PDT), Vinod Pillai wrote:
>>>> I have a virtual serial port set up on my COM2 port. I am trying to 
>>>> run a
>>>> program on cygwin which will require the use of this serial port on 
>>>> COM2. I
>>>> was wondering how I could connect to the COM port using cygwin?
>>>  See 
>>>
>>> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-posixdevices>. 
>>>  You probably want /dev/ttyS1 for COM2.
>>>
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