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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:21:33 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: If dd doesn't support /dev/zero, what _does_ it support?
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> Richard Dawe wrote:
> > Eli, I don't know if you remember, but we discussed adding /dev/zero
> > and /dev/null a while back on djgpp-workers.
> 
> Yes, I remember.
> 
> > I seem to remember it got lost in a wider discussion about extending
> > the FSEXT mechanism.
> 
> It didn't get lost: I have it in my private archive of things-to-do.
> However, given my current load, it's unlikely that I get to it any
> time soon, since much more important (IMHO) issues are in the queue.
> Volunteers are welcome.

Since the only time I've really seen /dev/zero used is in dd, I will
prototype it using dd. I guess that would make Damian happy. ;) I may even
write /dev/null too, while I'm doing an FSEXT.

For those who don't know, I'm in the middle of porting Fileutils 4.0.
There's an alpha available here:

http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/djgpp/fileutils/

I've been using it for a while and it seems to work OK with long filenames
under Windows '98 SE. I hope to have a beta out early next year. If people
could test it out with short filenames, I'd be grateful, since I don't
usually use DJGPP with SFNs.

> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > > Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > >
> > > > And how do I list the supported devices?
> > > 
> > > You don't.
> > 
> > Would it be desirable to list them?
>
> It's desirable, yes; but the costs might be prohibitive or high enough
> to warrant that we wait for a motivated volunteer.

OK, I'll join you waiting for a volunteer. I have enough on my plate right
now. ;)

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe
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