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Date:      Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:43:04 -0400
From:      Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fdescfs updates--coming to a devfs near you! 
Message-ID:  <200009141243.IAA18449@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>
In-Reply-To: Message from Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>  of "Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:37:06 %2B0200." <56645.968935026@critter> 

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phk@critter.freebsd.dk said:
:- The majority of these programs could be handled by adding knowledge of
:- "-" as a magic filename to fopen(3). 

Suppose I *want* a filename called "-"?  My tough luck, huh?

I *like* /dev/stdin.  It's orthogonal!

-- 
Robert Withrow -- (+1 978 288 8256)
BWithrow@BayNetworks.com



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