On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate the detailed advice, although I cannot say I fully > understand it. I followed Russell's suggestion and got the > communication working, but the success may not be due to the symlink, > rather fussing with the baud rates may have done the trick. I think I > should remove the symlink and see if things continue to work. But > since I do not understand symlinks, I am reluctant to remove it for
A symlink is basically a shortcut file that points to another file. My basic understanding is when a symlink is removed, the real file isn't touched, but if you use a hardlink to make the shortcut, if you remove the hardlink the real file also gets removed. > fear of removing the wrong thing. What does ACMx refer to? Any > educational efforts would be welcome. A quick Google shows this result, though skimming it leaves questions unanswered in my mind: https://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2013/03/05/what-is-the-difference-between-devttyusbx-and-devttyacmx/ _______________________________________________ dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list [email protected] http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber
