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Subject: Re: /dev/tty does not work from shell
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On 02/10/2015 09:51 AM, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
>=20
> --------------------------------------------------
>> use any other (already-existing) file to see that the two numbers should
>> normally be the same.
>=20
> Also: isn't it nonsense to interpret the inode of somthing like=20
> /dev/tty?

No. inodes are just as useful for non-regular files as they are for
regular files.

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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