Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 01:12:37 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: file types Message-ID: <3C6A2E05.3EEEA6DA@mindspring.com> References: <20020212170006.1d2f9c8a.chip@wiegand.org> <xzppu3akwh4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> writes: > I am reading a unix book - Using Unix 3rd Ed by Kuo - and have a > question regarding file types. He mentions the two main types of block > device files are character and block. FreeBSD doesn't have block devices. If you are using one of the millions of software packages from the Internet, you will have to modify it to use device aligned buffer I/O, effectively duplicating the block device functionality in each and every user space program instead. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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