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Re: ls /dev/*


> * Christopher Faylor <pts-ab-crefbany-ercyl-cyrnfr@pltjva.pbz> [2004-11-03 10:18:18 -0500]:
>
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:08:44AM -0000, Chris January wrote:
>>> > * Christopher Faylor 
>>> <pts-ab-crefbany-ercyl-cyrnfr@pltjva.pbz> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]:
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>>> >>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory?
>>> >>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while
>>> >>cat /dev/clipboard works.
>>> >
>>> > No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev
>>> > which would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, I guessed that much.  I also know about "PTC".
>>> (fhandler_proc.cc is too long,
>>> I guess fhandler_dev.cc would be just as long, and I suspect 
>>> that fhandler_dev.cc is not the only this missing).

> My plan was for /dev to go away as a special mount.  Now that mknod
> works, this is more doable than it was in 2002.

Could you please elaborate?
are you saying that "/dev/" will go away altogether?
where will /dev/clipboard reside?

Thanks!

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