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echo: os2prog
to: Jeff Patten
from: Mark Kimes
date: 1995-01-15 15:07:40
subject: Re: Available Devices

> GC>Hmmph!  Well, I'll be!  CMD.EXE does, in fact, display the contents
 > GC>of the \DEV directory (only NUL on my system).

 > MK> Now try "DIR COM1" or "DIR PRN" or... :-)

 JP>   The original message asked for a way to get a *list* of
 JP>available devices.

The message to which I replied indicated the writer didn't know about
OS/2's amusing habit of listing devices in a \DEV directory.

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