Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 10:45:59 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which is "better" - /dev/fd or FIFO Message-ID: <B9596FBA-8D2F-4937-BEB7-B7E3A39DFF77@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <79db2b71-5758-431d-4654-fc3c42700c68@qeng-ho.org> References: <YEOMzXyvchUkMmdH@ceres.local> <7CEBCD10-90CA-4194-823C-8F87659706BC@kreme.com> <YEO0gfiytP6n5%2BCD@ceres.local> <79db2b71-5758-431d-4654-fc3c42700c68@qeng-ho.org>
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On 06 Mar 2021, at 10:10, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 06/03/2021 16:57, tech-lists wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 09:37:49AM -0700, @lbutlr wrote: >>> On 06 Mar 2021, at 07:08, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: >>>> Some ports, notably shells/bash, have a makeoptions config where = you can >>>> select "enable use of /dev/fd". But there's no explanation given = why >>>> this is advantageous or not, or if there's some kind of risk, in a >>>> freebsd context [1]. It's not enabled by default. Please can anyone >>>> explain? >>>=20 >>> Do you have a floppy drive? >>=20 >> no. I admit i'd not thought of floppy drive at all. In 2021, who = does? >=20 > Nope, /dev/fd isn't anything to do with floppy disks, that's /dev/fd0 = IIRC. Ah, could be. It's ben decades since I last used a floppy disk. 1995 or = 1996, IIRC. --=20 "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but I am running for mayor of Donkeytown and Tuesdays are booked." =46rom an early Kids' WB intro.
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