Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 2003 14:17:53 -0600
From:      Tillman <tillman@seekingfire.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why no /dev/one?
Message-ID:  <20030205141753.D18752@seekingfire.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030205201046.GE91374@kyblik.pieskovisko.sk>; from frankie@kyblik.pieskovisko.sk on Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 09:10:46PM %2B0100
References:  <3E38E15C.7080302@pantherdragon.org> <20030205201046.GE91374@kyblik.pieskovisko.sk>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 09:10:46PM +0100, Michal F. Hanula wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 12:25:00AM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> > Why isn't there a /dev/one device to provide an infinite number of 
> > all-ones bytes?
> And what about /dev/fortytwo? This is IMPORTANT.

You can get that with with creative use of "tail" and /dev/twentyfour.

-T

-- 
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains
understanding, he is an ordinary man.
	- Zen saying

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030205141753.D18752>