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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 01:19:50 RST
From: ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru (-= ArkanoiD =-)
Reply-To: ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru
Message-Id: <479@mpak.convey.ru>
To: wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: ls
Organization: International Brownian Movement
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MIME-Version: 1.0

nuqneH,

In message <199710132111 DOT BAA16163 AT pool1 DOT convey DOT ru> "Wayne" writes:
> Where did you look in the source.  It should be in either equivalents of
> IO.SYS, as this is where all the devices are initialized.

I mean standard "stat" etc implementation will not show anyth special for
device files under [Open]DOS, will it?

> Want to try something, type "type filename.exe > \dev\dsk0$" and watch you
> first disk disappear.

Does not work. Afaik that thing works with character devices only.

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