Re: lstat returns bogus values.

[Andreas Schwab]

"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> `ls` only means something when there is a file-system so `ls`
> is not appropriate until you have a file-system.

ls just calls lstat on the device node.  It doesn't read the device.

> I think lstat should return -1 and the appropriate error code
> should be in errno (perhaps ENOMEDIUM).

But the cdrom device node exists as a file.

Andreas.

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