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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!dcs.warwick.ac.uk!rince
  3. From: rince@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (James Bonfield)
  4. Subject: Re: CD-ROM is really a pseudoterminal??
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov12.101538.6058@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
  6. Keywords: Gak!  Ugh!  Pfui!
  7. Sender: news@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Network News)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: zircon
  9. Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
  10. References: <5435@daily-planet.concordia.ca>
  11. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:15:38 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In <5435@daily-planet.concordia.ca> smw@alcor.concordia.ca ( Steven Winikoff ) writes:
  15.  
  16. >     crw-rw-rw-  1 root     system    21,  42 Nov 11 17:28 /dev/ptyra
  17. >     brw-------  1 root     system    21,  42 Jun  9 17:45 /dev/rz5c
  18. > 
  19. > WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
  20.  
  21. Things are the same on the system I use - however, note that ptyra is a
  22. character device and rz5c is a block device. My guess is that the two do not
  23. cause any conflicts. Is this right?
  24.  
  25. James Bonfield (jkb@mrc-lmba.cam.ac.uk)   Tel: 0223 402499   Fax: 0223 412282
  26. Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
  27. Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, England.
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  29. James 'Rince' Bonfield             O    .__   ._ ~ ~    /\/ ~        /\/
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  32. csuba@csv.warwick.ac.uk                \/__/ \_\                  ~
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