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Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:49:21 -0600
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From:	Robert Citek <rwcitek AT alum DOT calberkeley DOT org>
Subject:	loopback devise (was Re: mknod implementation? ... )
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At 08:37 PM 2/24/2003 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:52:15PM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>>Does Cygwin have a loopback block device?
>
>No.
>
>As Randall correctly points out, the existence of the mknod command has
>no bearing on the existence of functionality like a loopback device.

Are there plans to include the functionality of a loopback device in future
releases of Cygwin?  If so, what can I do to help that process along?  Keep
in mind I am not a systems programer.

Regards,
- Robert


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