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From: "Wayne" <wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au>
To: <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Cc: "opendos" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: ls
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 08:15:48 +1000
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 Trust me when I say this, echo'ing a file to \dev\dsk0$ or the equivalent
will write over the first disk.  I was fooling around with OS/2 a few years
back and kept getting errors on \dev\dsk0$ so I "type"ed \dev\dsk0$ and read
from the floppy, tried the same under DOS and my first fixed disk was read.
And it is a 2 way street also, so I found out.

Under normal circumstances the \dev directory is not even hidden, it does
not exist.  Run diskedit on the drive and you will see nothing but run msd
you will see the devices as they reside on what could be described as a
virtual drive.

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: -= ArkanoiD =- <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
To: wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au <wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au>
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: ls



>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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