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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: mknod (was Re: more enhancements?)
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Date: 18 Mar 90 23:54:06 GMT
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How often are you really going to need mknod?  Do you really
expect to run it more than once per program?  I can see a FIFO
here and there, but not much else.  You weren't perhaps planning
on rewriting MAKEDEV?

--tom
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    Tom Christiansen                       {uunet,uiucdcs,sun}!convex!tchrist 
    Convex Computer Corporation                            tchrist@convex.COM
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