Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:57:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@bofh.enst.fr> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Message-ID: <200410051457.i95Evc43076368@bofh.enst.fr> Resent-Message-ID: <200410051500.i95F0drc076430@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72355 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 05 15:00:39 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pierre Beyssac >Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 i386 and 6.0-current >Organization: ENST >Environment: System: FreeBSD bofh.enst.fr 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #2: Mon Sep 27 19:38:14 CEST 2004 beyssac@bofh.enst.fr:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/BOFH i386 >Description: Cannot "strings" a disk device even if you want to: # strings /dev/da2s1 strings: Warning: '/dev/da2s1' is not an ordinary file # Two misfeatures in one: 1. the warning is bogus, it is actually treated as an error: strings exits instead of going on with its job as would seem logical. 2. there is no documented way to override this behaviour. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Unknown. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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