From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Gary Liddle <garyl@padd.press.net>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com, Markus.Maeder@siemens.ch
Subject: Re: Opening COM2
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 14:19:00 -0000
Message-id: <8803.9705151818@sage.compnews.co.uk>
X-SW-Source: 1997-05/msg00279.html

the way to do it is
to 

fp = fopen("com2", "whatever");
comfd = fileno(fp);



> 
> Bob Wilson posted a message some time ago with some C source lines:
> 
>         if ((comfd = open("com2", O_RDWR | O_TEXT)) <= 0) {
>             fprintf(stderr, "Cmd: Unable to open terminal\n");
>             exit(1);
>         }
> 
> He stated, this doesnt function under b17. open hangs...
> 
> It seems, that this doesn't work under b18 either. Is there a patch?
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
> 
> 
> 
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