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Re: Symlinks under /proc


On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 12:03:52PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>a) mknod cannot set the mode of many devices.

That is what we call in the computer industry: "a bug".

>b) mkfifo doesn't work, so /dev/pipe isn't created.

Why doesn't mkfifo work?  It works for me.

cgf


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