Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!ames!necntc!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.ISC.COM (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: C write() operations to MS-DOS devices? Message-ID: <1041@ima.ISC.COM> Date: 2 Jun 88 01:40:51 GMT Article-I.D.: ima.1041 References: <1318@tahoe.unr.edu> <875@dsacg3.UUCP> Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Organization: Not much Lines: 12 In article <875@dsacg3.UUCP> nts0302@dsacg3.UUCP (Bob Fisher) writes: >In article <1318@tahoe.unr.edu>, malc@tahoe.unr.edu (Malcolm L. Carlock) writes: >> How can I do a C write() operation to MS-DOS device PRN, AUX, etc. ? >Try using the pathnames ":PRN", ":CON" and ":AUX" when you open the file. Close but no cigar. You need to use filenames like PRN, AUX, and CON with no colons at all. Be warned that you can use any extension, so if you try to use a file with a name like con.c, you'll get surprising results. -- John R. Levine, IECC, PO Box 349, Cambridge MA 02238-0349, +1 617 492 3869 { ihnp4 | decvax | cbosgd | harvard | yale }!ima!johnl, Levine@YALE.something Rome fell, Babylon fell, Scarsdale will have its turn. -G. B. Shaw