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From: barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Large machines and tty naming conventions.
Message-ID: <8106@think.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Sep-87 22:05:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  3 22:05:05 1987
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In article <868@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>That is, looking up /dev/tty/p3 is no faster than looking up
>/dev/ttyp3, since both of them have to search through /dev.

How about putting them in a directory that isn't a subdirectory of
/dev, e.g. /ttys/p3?

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Barry Margolin
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