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From: "Peter Kok" <peter@sweda.com.hk>
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Subject: devices
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 14:07:20 +0800
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Hello 

What is the different between 

Character device and block device

and the meaning of

/dev/rdisk*** and /dev/disk***

Thank you

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