Date: 15 Oct 1997 20:32:30 -0000 From: Jason Alan Nordwick <nordwick@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu> To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: damn, damn, damn ... getting confused here. Message-ID: <19971015203230.7404.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za on 10/15/1997 to questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za>
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Jacques Hugo, on Wed 10/15/1997, wrote the following: > > Hi there ... hope you can help. > > What is the difference between a device like > /dev/vn0 and /dev/vn0c ?? > > What does the 'c' mean? > > Thanks. > > -Jacques IT is a character device, rather than a block device. I understand the distinction between raw and cooked (old terminolgy ?), but besides tty's, is there any other form of "cooked" devices ? jay -- Join the FreeBSD Revolution! http://xcf.berkeley.edu/~nordwick
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