Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:54:40 +0100 From: Konstantin Chuguev <Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk> To: Johnny Eriksson <bygg@cafax.se>, hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: /proc & /dev/std* [Was: Fdescfs updates--coming to a devfs near you!] Message-ID: <39C0D8A0.3BDC3B6C@dante.org.uk> References: <CMM.0.90.0.968938842.bygg@nic.cafax.se>
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Johnny Eriksson wrote:
> > phk@critter.freebsd.dk said:
> > :- The majority of these programs could be handled by adding knowledge of
> > :- "-" as a magic filename to fopen(3).
> >
> > Suppose I *want* a filename called "-"? My tough luck, huh?
>
> Could you settle for "./-"?
>
I think any "magic" name is not very good idea. To say more, it breaks POSIX.
File names are a tratitional UNIX way to access character and block devices;
in System V you can access much more via file names, using streams.
Magic numbers are for MS DOS (remember COM1 and LPT1? :-)
I am not sure /proc/<any number> names are very useful, but
/dev/std{in|out|err} definitely are.
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