Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 04:30:43 GMT From: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Message-ID: <200410080430.i984Uh5b046512@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, beyssac@bofh.enst.fr Cc: Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 23:28:56 -0500 According to POSIX: "The /strings/ utility shall look for printable strings in regular files and shall write those strings to standard output." From the looks of it strings isn't supposed to work on devices. Depends on how literally you take "regular files" to mean. -- Ryan Sommers ryans@gamersimpact.com
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