From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Apr 11 15:24:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3915137B8FF for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:24:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA19929 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:24:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id AAA00649 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 00:24:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B576E37BB38 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:24:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeremyp@pc0640.alcatel.com.au) Received: by border.alcanet.com.au id <115225>; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:24:43 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Proposal: Union mount of fdesc on top of /dev In-reply-to: <200004052123.OAA05958@usr07.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 07:52:00AM +1000 To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Message-Id: <00Apr12.082443est.115225@border.alcanet.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20000404193257.N27486@holly.calldei.com> <200004052123.OAA05958@usr07.primenet.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 08:24:40 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 07:52:00AM +1000, Terry Lambert wrote: >I really don't know what /dev/std* is for; [deleted] >used in the "open" call -- that's what /dev/fd/* is for). Personally, I find std{in,out,err} more descriptive than /dev/fd/{0,1,2}. As I understand it, POSIX specifes the names rather than the numbers. >One drawback, though, is that the ideal place to do something like >this is by adding a "handler" for a portion of the devfs namespace >(like the /dev/pty/ handler would want to be), Isn't this a job for portals? (Or have I misunderstood their use). Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message