Messages in this thread |  | | | From | thunder7@xs4all ... | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:58:53 +0000 | | Subject | /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat? |
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> From: Steffen Grunewald <steffen@gfz-potsdam.de> > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 19:39:31 +0100 (MET) > Subject: Re: Wanted: Secure-delete utility for Linux > > Charles Cazabon wrote: > |> > |> >> Hmmm I guess we need a /dev/one? (Actually not a bad thing to have) > |> > > |> Hmmm -- something like /dev/~zero would work, if you can stand non- > |> alphanumeric characters in your filenames. > (t)csh people won't like this (bash also uses ~ for $HOME, ~zero for > user zero's HOME...). > How about /dev/minusone :-) ? > Or /dev/allones ... > > Steffen > Are there advantages in having something like /dev/repeat?
echo -n "echo this" > /dev/repeat cat /dev/repeat echo thisecho thisecho thisecho this
echo "echo this now" > /dev/repeat cat /dev/repeat echo this now echo this now echo this now echo this now etc.
Then everyone that needed some repeating pattern could just get that pattern. Would this be workable, or are there problems in multi-user setups?
Ah well, I'm not a kernel-hacker, but I just think this is the logical conclusion here..... Greetings, Jurriaan
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