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Subject:	Re: Can we use block devices as named files using the 'open' call?
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> 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"?

Sorry, no.

Feel free to implement such a thing through DJGPP's file system
extensions though :-)  (look up "fsext")

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