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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: How to get device information from a file descriptor ?
Keywords: UNIX - devices - file descriptor
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Date: 4 Jun 91 13:23:36 GMT
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From the keyboard of Ninane@fynu.ucl.ac.be (Alain Ninane - FYNU):
:Dear all of you,
:Given a valid file descriptor [from an open(2) call], is there a
:standard way to know whether or not this fd points to a specific
:special file/device (major number only) ?

man 2 fstat

--tom
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