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From: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>
To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Subject: RE: Midnight Commander (was Re: modem in UNIX)
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Oleg Ogurok <arielog@gain-ny.com>
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On 09-Nov-97 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
>On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Oleg Ogurok wrote:
>
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew D. Fuller <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
>> To: Ariel Ogurok <arielog@gain-ny.com>
>> Date: Sunday, November 09, 1997 4:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: modem in UNIX
>> 
>> 
>> >On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Ariel Ogurok wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dear Sir!
>> >>
>> >> Why some devices in /dev begin from "+", and other from "-"? I think
>> >> "-"-don't work. My cuaa0 & cuaa1 begin from "-"
>> >Interesting.  Can you script this for me?
>> >do this:
>> ># cd
>> ># script
>> >(line or two of stuff here)
>> ># cd /dev
>> ># ls -al | grep cuaa
>> >(ls output)
>> ># exit
>> >
>> >Then take the file typescript out of your home dir, and send it to me.
>> >
>> 
>> I am sorry, but this is not visible if I use a ls command. I see it in
>> Midnight Commander
>I've never used midnight commander.  That fact that ls doesn't show
>anything means it's probably unimportant.  I'm not sure what it means, but
>I'd bet that it's northing important.  Anyone familiar with midnight
>commander?
>(redirected back to -questions)

Minus before filename in mc panel means character device.
Plus stands for block device.

>
>> 
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Ariel Ogurok.
>> 
>
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Mariusz

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