Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!pta!teti!nswitgould!ausonics!grahams From: grahams@ausonics.OZ (Graham Stoney) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Block special file sizes Keywords: Block,Special,/dev/fd? Message-ID: <13@ausonics.OZ> Date: 12 Jul 88 23:01:38 GMT Organization: Ausonics Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Lines: 14 Could someone please explain how the /dev block special files are attributed with a size?. For example, /dev/fd0 has a size of 360k; but how did it get it? mknod(2) has no way of specifying a size; in fact, if you rm /dev/fd0 then mknod it again with the same major and minor device numbers, it loses its size. How was it created in the first place?. Thanks, Greyham -- * Greyham Stoney: grahams@ausonics.oz - Ausonics Pty Ltd, Lane Cove. * (Time to PARTY!!!) greyham@utscsd.oz - The Uni of Technology, Sydney. * The views expressed may or may not be the views of my Uni or Employer. * (I don't know... I didn't ask them...)