Re: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat?

James H. Cloos Jr. (cloos@jhcloos.com)
26 Dec 1998 14:29:36 -0600


>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Cinege <dcinege@psychosis.com> writes:

Dave> Uhm, you need a compiler to make it? Some of us like having vast
Dave> amounts of power available from the shell, for minimal/thin
Dave> client/embedded applications. This means small kernel additions
Dave> that are vastly generic. (For vast flexabilty)

But, for somethign like this (ie /dev/ones or /dev/repeat, etc), it is
just as easy to add it to the shell (whether the `shell' is bash, ash,
csh, awk, perl, emacs -- whatever) as to the kernel. In fact, it is
easier, since you do not need to reboot to test, eh?

-JimC

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