Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:10:30 GMT From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Message-ID: <200410062110.i96LAU4x008126@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@bofh.enst.fr> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:08:12 -0400 > # strings /dev/da2s1 > strings: Warning: '/dev/da2s1' is not an ordinary file I can't speak for why strings does this or whether it should be considered a bug or not, but a way to override it is 'cat /dev/da2s1 | strings'.
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