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Re: ls /dev/*
> * Christopher Faylor <pts-ab-crefbany-ercyl-cyrnfr@pltjva.pbz> [2004-11-02 15:01:13 -0500]:
>
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 02:55:39PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>>why isn't /dev a more "usual" directory?
>>cd /dev, ls /dev all fail, while
>>cat /dev/clipboard works.
>
> No one has implemented the special handling required for /dev which
> would enable things like opendir/readdir or cd to work.
Thanks, I guessed that much. I also know about "PTC".
(fhandler_proc.cc is too long,
I guess fhandler_dev.cc would be just as long,
and I suspect that fhandler_dev.cc is not the only this missing).
Is this on anyone's TODO list?
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