[Wine] Re: VDQ : Have I made a wine's nest? -- Update

[Duane Clark]

Beartooth wrote:
> 
> [btth at localhost .wine]$ cd dosdevices
> [btth at localhost dosdevices]$ ls -alL
> total 20
> drwxrwxr-x   2 btth btth 4096 Mar  8 10:11 .
> drwxrwxr-x   4 btth btth 4096 Mar  8 10:11 ..
> drwxrwxr-x   4 btth btth 4096 Mar  8 10:11 c:
> drwxr-xr-x  24 root root 4096 Mar  8 10:11 z:
> [btth at localhost dosdevices]$ ln -s /dev/ttyS0 com1
> [btth at localhost dosdevices]$ ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 com2
> [btth at localhost dosdevices]$ ls -alL
> total 20
> drwxrwxr-x   2 btth btth  4096 Mar  9 17:42 .
> drwxrwxr-x   4 btth btth  4096 Mar  8 10:11 ..
> drwxrwxr-x   4 btth btth  4096 Mar  8 10:11 c:
> crw-rw----   1 root uucp 4, 64 Mar  6 08:00 com1
> ?---------   ? ?    ?        ?            ? com2
> drwxr-xr-x  24 root root  4096 Mar  8 10:11 z:
> [btth at localhost dosdevices]$
> 
> Why is it claiming 20 and only showing me six?

Ignore that. I don't know what the number means when the 'L' parameter 
is used with 'ls', but it doesn't mean there are actually 20 entries. 
Try the ls without the 'L' and see the difference.

> 
> More disturbingly, what is that next to last line with all the question
> marks?? Have I messed up my dosdevices? 
> 

When using the 'L' parameter, that appears to indicate an invalid link.