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Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems
- From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: "H. Henning Schmidt" <henning at hhschmidt dot de>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:32:53 -0500
- Subject: Re: "test -c com1" hangs on some WinXP systems
- References: <4062B0AA.1000505@hhschmidt.de>
- Reply-to: Cygwin List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
At 05:12 AM 3/25/2004, you wrote:
>A question slightly besides your point ... but very interesting to me:
>
>What is the benefit of using /dev/ttyS0 instead of "com1" on Cygwin?
Portability.
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