Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 08:37:55 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: damn, damn, damn ... getting confused here. Message-ID: <19971016083755.EY27853@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19971015203230.7404.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>; from Jason Alan Nordwick on Oct 15, 1997 20:32:30 -0000 References: <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za> <19971015203230.7404.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>
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As Jason Alan Nordwick wrote: > > What is the difference between a device like > > /dev/vn0 and /dev/vn0c ?? > IT is a character device, rather than a block device. No, both are buffered (``block'') devices. Raw (``character'') device names conventionally start with an `r'. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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