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Date:      15 Oct 1997 20:32:30 -0000
From:      Jason Alan Nordwick <nordwick@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>
To:        Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: damn, damn, damn ... getting confused here.
Message-ID:  <19971015203230.7404.qmail@scheme.xcf.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za on 10/15/1997 to questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za>
References:  <344476E5.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za>

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Jacques Hugo, on Wed 10/15/1997, wrote the following:
> 
> Hi there ... hope you can help.
> 
> What is the difference between a device like
> 	/dev/vn0 and /dev/vn0c ??
> 
> What does the 'c' mean?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Jacques

IT is a character device, rather than a block device.

I understand the distinction between raw and cooked (old
terminolgy ?), but besides tty's, is there any other form of
"cooked" devices ?

jay
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