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From:	"arizvi" <ahmadwaris AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Can we use block devices as named files using the 'open' call?
Date:	29 Sep 2005 08:59:54 -0700
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Hi,

Can we use the open call (below) to open block devices such as hard
drives, as in Unix/Linux where 'file' can be "/dev/hdc"?

int open(const char *file, int mode /*, int permissions */);

Thanks,
Ahmad

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