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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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