-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gary Montalbine wrote: > > > ed tharp wrote: >> well they are virtual files,,,, they should be empty > >> and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty >> recent version of MDK. >> > I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google trying to > learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is running and starts on > bootup. Here are the 'ps' and 'grep' commands being used to show that devfsd is currently running:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:58pm-kevin>> ps auxw | grep devfs root 64 0.0 0.1 1756 888 ? S Aug16 0:00 devfsd /dev kevin 12769 0.0 0.1 1800 620 pts/1 S 14:58 0:00 grep devfs Here is a method of using 'chkconfig' to see if devfsd is setup to run automatically: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# chkconfig --list devfsd devfsd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > However I am confused about virtual files and how they work. All files in the /dev directory tree are 'device files'. They are not regular files. They provide a mechanism to get data into and out of every device on your system, including disks, serial ports, everything. This is a feature of all Unix systems. - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/P/xeWOfRC7Rnmv8RAhpdAJ46PpTGF1q4SeRifU1REXwlNvrhSACfXfcc HuCwCSz2q5vlyBodjvmm1E8= =5GNZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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