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diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index 61e374f08..93b492281 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -156,16 +156,28 @@ default printer with the command <command>cat filename > PRN</command> <sect2> <title>POSIX devices</title> <para>There is no need to create a POSIX <filename>/dev</filename> -directory as it is simulated within Cygwin automatically. -It supports the following devices: <filename>/dev/null</filename>, -<filename>/dev/zero</filename>, <filename>/dev/tty</filename>, -<filename>/dev/ttyX</filename>, <filename>/dev/ptmx</filename>, -<filename>/dev/comX</filename> (the serial ports), -<filename>/dev/windows</filename> (the windows message queue), -<filename>/dev/random</filename> and <filename>/dev/urandom</filename>. -These devices cannot be seen with the command <command>ls /dev</command> +directory as Cygwin automatically simulates it internally. +These devices cannot be seen with the command <command>ls /dev/</command> although commands such as <command>ls /dev/tty</command> work fine. </para> +<para> +Cygwin supports the following devices commonly found on POSIX systems: +<filename>/dev/dsp</filename>, <filename>/dev/null</filename>, +<filename>/dev/zero</filename>, <filename>/dev/console</filename>, +<filename>/dev/tty</filename>, <filename>/dev/ttym</filename>, +<filename>/dev/ttyX</filename>, <filename>/dev/ttySX</filename>, +<filename>/dev/pipe</filename>, <filename>/dev/port</filename>, +<filename>/dev/ptmx</filename>, <filename>/dev/mem</filename>, +<filename>/dev/random</filename>, and <filename>/dev/urandom</filename>. +Cygwin also has several Windows-specific devices: +<filename>/dev/comX</filename> (the serial ports, starting with +<filename>COM1</filename> which is the same as <filename>ttyS0</filename>), +<filename>/dev/conin</filename> (Windows <filename>CONIN$</filename>), +<filename>/dev/conout</filename> (Windows <filename>CONOUT$</filename>), +<filename>/dev/clipboard</filename> (the Windows clipboard, currently +text only), and +<filename>/dev/windows</filename> (the Windows message queue). +</para> <para>Windows NT/W2K/XP additionally support raw devices like floppies, disks, partitions and tapes. These are accessed from Cygwin applications @@ -232,6 +244,7 @@ ln -s /dev/nst0 /dev/tape ... </screen> +<warning> <para> Note that you can't use the mount table to map from fixed device name to your own device name or to map from internal NT device name to @@ -241,10 +254,11 @@ The following three examples will not work as expected: </para> <screen> -mount -f -b /dev/nst0 /dev/tape +mount -f -b /dev/nst0 /dev/tape mount -f -b /device/tape0 /dev/tape ln -s /device/tape0 /dev/tape </screen> +</warning> </sect2> |