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From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
Subject: Re: DMA and PIO (was Re: Problems with timer interrupt chaining and SmartDrv)
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
>> From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT ltu DOT se>
>> Date: 20 Dec 2004 20:47:09 GMT
>> 
>> > What program does one use to read a file, but otherwise do nothing?
>> 
>> "cat file >/dev/null"?

> This reads _and_ writes the file.  I want something that just reads
> it.

It doesn't write it to disk. At least I hope so.


Right,

						MartinS