* printf, "unable to initialize PRN" message
@ 2019-09-11 0:50 Blair, Charles E III
2019-09-11 6:55 ` Andrey Repin
2019-09-11 19:54 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
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From: Blair, Charles E III @ 2019-09-11 0:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
I have just installed cygwin (64 bit) and gcc. The "hello world" program
works, but
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){printf( "%c\n" , 'X' );return 0;}
leads to
Unable to initialize device PRN
Unable to initialize device PRN
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2019-09-11 0:50 printf, "unable to initialize PRN" message Blair, Charles E III
@ 2019-09-11 6:55 ` Andrey Repin
2019-09-11 19:54 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
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From: Andrey Repin @ 2019-09-11 6:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Blair, Charles E III, cygwin
Greetings, Blair, Charles E III!
> I have just installed cygwin (64 bit) and gcc. The "hello world" program
> works, but
> #include<stdio.h>
> int main(){printf( "%c\n" , 'X' );return 0;}
> leads to
>
> Unable to initialize device PRN
> Unable to initialize device PRN
Are you sure you're running the right program?
Try "./<yourprogram>" instead of just "<yourprogram>".
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019 3:43:18
Sorry for my terrible english...
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2019-09-11 0:50 printf, "unable to initialize PRN" message Blair, Charles E III
2019-09-11 6:55 ` Andrey Repin
@ 2019-09-11 19:54 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
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From: Hans-Bernhard Bröker @ 2019-09-11 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Am 11.09.2019 um 02:03 schrieb Blair, Charles E III:
> I have just installed cygwin (64 bit) and gcc. The "hello world" program
> works, but
>
> #include<stdio.h>
> int main(){printf( "%c\n" , 'X' );return 0;}
>
> leads to
>
> Unable to initialize device PRN
> Unable to initialize device PRN
I suspect you've just rediscovered ancient knowledge, which dates back
as far as MS-DOS 1.x:
THOU SHALT NOT NAME THINGS "CON", "COM", "NUL" or "PRN"
Those names are reserved for DOS device drivers (similar to, but much
more pervasive, than Unix' /dev/printer' etc.)
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