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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Block special file sizes
Keywords: Block,Special,/dev/fd?
Message-ID: <915@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 18 Jul 88 19:10:12 GMT
References: <13@ausonics.OZ>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <13@ausonics.OZ> grahams@ausonics.OZ (Graham Stoney) writes:
>Could someone please explain how the /dev block special files are attributed
>with a size?. 

mkfs does it.  It's the only way.  This is the only way FS can tell when end
of file has been hit on a device.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)