Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:20:28 GMT From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Message-ID: <200410080820.i988KS6o096573@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:14:36 +0200 On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 11:28:56PM -0500, Ryan Sommers wrote: > According to POSIX: "The /strings/ utility shall look for printable > strings in regular files and shall write those strings to standard output." Well, sorry but I don't quite see in what respect this precludes a POSIX-compliant strings from working on devices too (just as FreeBSD 4.10 strings does). -- Pierre Beyssac pb@enst.fr
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