RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Martin-Eric Racine
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 2:13 PM
> To: Jo-Even.Skarstein@gjensidige.no
> Cc: mint@fishpool.com
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b
>
>
> > However, we must not forget that this is MiNT - a TOS-derivate
> - so even if
> > /c is moved to e.g. /var/tos/c (or something stupid like that)
> I think it
> > still should be available through c:.
>
> Try "cd /dev/c" and list, then compare with "cd /c" and list.

/dev/c ist not supported by MiNT. What you see is a hack in the MiNT
libraries.

> Both are the same and it's already there, just hidden (i.e. ls
> still won't show you /dev/c even though it is there).

No, it's not.

> Couldn't U: also hide the single-letter drives the same way, but
> still make them available to whichever app request /c etc.?

Of course -- just hiding them doesn't make them inaccessible.