Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 11:27:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: damn, damn, damn ... getting confused here. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016112419.26843A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <19971016083755.EY27853@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > 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'. While we are on the subject... what is the difference between: /dev/wcd0a /dev/wcd0c -- David Cross ACS Consultant
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