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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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