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SubjectRe: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat?
On Sat, 26 Dec 1998, Dave Cinege wrote:

> No try again. And yes I know '0' != 0 but try to get a null bit
> past the shell. Best of luck. echo only knows char bytes.
>
> I do wish you people would actually TRY your examples
> before using them as a basis for argument.
>
> If you do figure out a way to get it semi-working, please use 'time'
> on it. You will find what I already know...echo is EXTREMLY slow.

So write your own replacement. linux-kernel is not a free service to
mitigate your laziness or lack of programming skills.

What you require can be accomplished with a ~10 line C program. This
program can be compiled once and included in your tools
distribution. A kernel level replacement would probably be no smaller
or faster and would thus offer none of the "advantages" that you
proclaim.

Regards,
Damien Miller

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| "Bombay is 250ms from New York in the new world order" - Alan Cox
| Damien Miller - http://www.ilogic.com.au/~dmiller


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