From: "Ralph \"PJPizza\" Siegler" <pjpizza@...>
Date: 2005-06-24T02:26:34+09:00
Subject: Re: /dev/tty in windows

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 12:31:09AM +0900, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
> > Ralph "PJPizza" Siegler wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:09:14PM +0900, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> > >> under linux I use
> > >> 
> > >> STDIN.reopen('/dev/tty')
> > >> 
> > >> what is the equivalent for Windows?
> > >> 
> > >> And where can I find documentation about the differences between
> > >> OS's? 
> > >> 
> > >> --
> > >> Wybo
> > >> 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > file.open("COM1:")
> > 
> > That's the serial port if I'm not mistaken.  I'd try "CON" or "CON:".
> 
> that's it, either CON or CON: 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Wybo
>

yup, that's serial port, sorry, been doing headless Linux too much  :P