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From: "Wayne" <wjackson AT powerup DOT com DOT au>
To: "Takashi Toyooka" <ttoyooka AT verisim DOT com>
Cc: "opendos" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: ls (killing disk 0)
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 07:20:56 +1000
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 dsk0$ is the character device, and is of type char.  But it is only a
generalised device as it may change from OS to OS.

Wayne

-----Original Message-----
From: Takashi Toyooka <ttoyooka AT verisim DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: ls (killing disk 0)



>In a previous message, J P Morris said:
>> Wayne wrote:
>> > Want to try something, type "type filename.exe > \dev\dsk0$" and
>> > watch your first disk disappear.
>>
>> I tried this on one of our test machines, an IBM PS/2 55.  The
>> operating system was OpenDOS 7.02alpha3.
>>
>> The command issued was 'type autoexec.bat > \dev\dsk0$' The result
>> was 'Invalid directory specified'.
>
>I just had a brain wave here...  is the '$' supposed to represent
>'Enter'?  Or do you actually type a dollar sign?  I haven't tried it
>yet, myself, but it was just a thought.
>
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>http://www.magi.com/~ttoyooka/                 http://www.verisim.com/