Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 15:47:30 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> >   - It's usually best to test a file-related function on a variety of
> >     different file types: an ordinary file, a directory, a root
> >     directory (it's not a file on FAT filesystems), a character
> >     device, and a volume label.  
> 
> Why only character device?

IIRC, DOS doesn't have any other devices that can be referenced by 
_chmod, except character devices.  Block devices don't have names
that you can use as if they were files.