Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:01:04 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: arundel@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: easy way to determine if a stream or fd is seekable Message-ID: <4ec5e690.l2CUTtl0GR%2BevQV5%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20111117095951.GA34444@freebsd.org> References: <20111115202450.GA73512@freebsd.org> <20111116102239.GA2687@britannica.bec.de> <20111116131428.GA40723@freebsd.org> <20111116232152.GC21793@britannica.bec.de> <20111117002438.GA55931@freebsd.org> <D8DC6262-7C9C-4064-B2A6-AC29AC4DFC49@kientzle.com> <20111117095951.GA34444@freebsd.org>
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Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote: > since i've never worked with tape: what file type does it identify > as? character special file, or block special file, or ...? IIUC all devices are now character, block devices having been dropped from FreeBSD some time ago. Come to think of it, it would not be altogether surprising if that turned out to be the point at which the ability to seek a device went away.
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