Accessing special files?

Accessing special files?

[Bernard Rich]

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I have downloaded the latest version of Cygwin and cannot determine how to
access special files, specifically a flash drive. Will you please tell me
how to find the instructions? (I have read "Gcc Simplified" but did not
recognize directions for this)
Thank you very much.

Re: Accessing special files?

[David Brown]

On 04/05/2023 01:40, Bernard Rich via Gcc-help wrote:
> I have downloaded the latest version of Cygwin and cannot determine how to
> access special files, specifically a flash drive. Will you please tell me
> how to find the instructions? (I have read "Gcc Simplified" but did not
> recognize directions for this)
> Thank you very much.
> 

This is something that is related to Cygwin, not gcc.  gcc is a C and 
C++ compiler, and as far as the compiler and language are concerned, 
files are files - there is nothing special about any of them.  Cygwin 
provides POSIX compatibility layers and files to make a Windows system 
look a bit more like a POSIX system - it is Cygwin that handles any 
special files.  But the whole point of that is that, again, files are files.

Unless you are very lucky and find someone on this list that happens to 
have worked with this kind of thing, this is not a good place to find 
out more about Cygwin.  You'll be better off looking for Cygwin-specific 
mailing lists or support forums.

David

Re: Accessing special files?

[Bernard Rich]

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Thank you very much.

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 1:49 AM David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

> On 04/05/2023 01:40, Bernard Rich via Gcc-help wrote:
> > I have downloaded the latest version of Cygwin and cannot determine how
> to
> > access special files, specifically a flash drive. Will you please tell me
> > how to find the instructions? (I have read "Gcc Simplified" but did not
> > recognize directions for this)
> > Thank you very much.
> >
>
> This is something that is related to Cygwin, not gcc.  gcc is a C and
> C++ compiler, and as far as the compiler and language are concerned,
> files are files - there is nothing special about any of them.  Cygwin
> provides POSIX compatibility layers and files to make a Windows system
> look a bit more like a POSIX system - it is Cygwin that handles any
> special files.  But the whole point of that is that, again, files are
> files.
>
> Unless you are very lucky and find someone on this list that happens to
> have worked with this kind of thing, this is not a good place to find
> out more about Cygwin.  You'll be better off looking for Cygwin-specific
> mailing lists or support forums.
>
> David
>
>