Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:09:15 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Joerg Schilling wrote: > Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote: > > >>>Interesting: You claim that the Linux platform provides ways to retrieve >>>the needed information on FreeBSD, MS-WIN, ....? >>> >> >>What do FreeBSD and MS-WIN have to do with Linux? > > > What is the relevence of /dev/hd* for a device independent library like libscg? >
Isn't it good practice to adhere to the naming conventions of the system to which a program is ported to? (even if 100 of them do it one way and 1 does it another)
I don't claim to be an expert in the area at all, but it seems like the best way to do it IMHO.
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