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DateTue, 6 Jan 1998 19:26:57 +1100
FromKevin Lentin <>
SubjectRe: PROPOSAL: /proc/dev
On Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 12:24:49AM +1100, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > What about this use case:
> > 
> >     user opens device
> >     hourly cron job snapshots owners and modes in /dev
> >     system crashes
> >     system reboots
> >     init-job restores owners and modes in /dev
> 
> Good point. Yeah, you probably really want open_pty() instead. But, as

Just make the init-job above ignore pty devices. Or the cron job. Or both.

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