Brian Utterback wrote: > I don't know if this is the right list, so bear with me. > > There is a bug in the test or a readable /dev/zero. It assumes that > /dev/zero is a device, but at least on Solaris it is a link: > > ls -l /dev/zero > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 27 Nov 26 2001 /dev/zero -> > ../devices/pseudo/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:zero > > A better way would be to use "ls -lL": > > ls -lL /dev/zero > crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 13, 12 Jan 2 12:59 /dev/zero > > The capital "L" flag has no effect if the file is not a link.
That is a much better way. Thank you, Brian. The text_mmap stuff needs some tweaking anyway. Cheers - Bruce ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Autogen-users mailing list Autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/autogen-users
