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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
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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


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