On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Loris Chiocca wrote: > First: If someone out there is against MS, then I won't be able to change > their mind, that's for sure.
I'm against nothing it actually works. > Second: The Window API you are talking about is called Win32 API. Guess what > kind of appication you are compiling when using the win32 api? Right, a > application that uses almost the same interface as win32s. So... > > Third: I'm not quite sure what you're talking about when saying "In every > subsystem different from /Subsystem:suck - "com1" != "com1.bau.meaw"". In > the POSIX subsystem of NT you can access "com1" just like any other file. > POSIX doesn't understand the concept of COM ports the way DOS did. These > COMx files are ONLY IN THE WIN32 SUBSYSTEM! Only there. Nowhere else. This is getting really trivial. Problem : Write a C function called OpenFileName(char const *pszFileName), that when called with the special file name "com1", it calls the function OpenSpecialDevice(char const *pszFileName). Otherwise calls the function GenericFileOpen(char const *pszFileName). It's "com1" the freakin' device file not "com1.bau.meaw" ! The "com1.bau.meaw" should be treated as standard file. Such misimplementation is so ugly that it's not even funny. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
