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SubjectRe: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev
FromRobert Bihlmeyer <>
Date05 Jan 1998 18:13:02 +0100
Hi,

>>>>> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:35:00 +0100
>>>>> Pavel Machek <pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> said:

 Pavel> Ok. You have device 'foobar' which you can load module for. It
 Pavel> is not loaded, now. Which means /dev/foobar entry is not
 Pavel> there. Now, some broken app goes and looks if /dev/foobar
 Pavel> exists. If it does not, it will bail out, instead of opening
 Pavel> it (which would cause /dev/foobar to be loaded.)

You said it: broken.

Normally, apps are broken because of programmer lazyness. I can't see
a lazy programmer going through the readdir()-routine, when a simple
stat(), access(), or open() would suffice.

Perhaps there is a real use for scanning the /dev directory, and I
just can't think of one...

	Robbe

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