Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:06:02 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat? |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Steve VanDevender wrote:
> thunder7@xs4all.nl writes: > > Are there advantages in having something like /dev/repeat? > > > > echo -n "echo this" > /dev/repeat > > > > cat /dev/repeat > > echo thisecho thisecho thisecho this > > No. Stop it, all of you. There is absolutely no reason to make > a kernel device for this.
Actually there is - it's about the simplest read/write device driver you can write and is a good introduction.
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