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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>
cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Oleg Ogurok <arielog@gain-ny.com>
Subject: RE: Midnight Commander (was Re: modem in UNIX)
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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Mariusz Potocki wrote:
> On 09-Nov-97 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> >On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Oleg Ogurok wrote:
> >> >> Dear Sir!
> >> >>
> >> >> Why some devices in /dev begin from "+", and other from "-"? I think
> >> >> "-"-don't work. My cuaa0 & cuaa1 begin from "-"
> 
> Minus before filename in mc panel means character device.
> Plus stands for block device.
In which case, this is exactly what you want.  
Don't mind it; it's setup right, and it just means that they're configured
right for the way they send data.

> 
> >
> >> 
> >> Sincerely yours,
> >> Ariel Ogurok.
> >> 
> 
> Mariusz
> 
>         "verba volant,
>                 scripta manent"
Exhibition of .sigs...

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