On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 21:14 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > Steve Holdoway wrote: > > > >>> Also I kinda get what the mknod command after checking the man pages and > >>> understand what the "c" argument is doing but what is the "1 3" doing? > >>> > >> magic and arbitrary numbers, defining what sort of device it is. > >> > > major and minor device numbers is what I think you meant to write... > > > > yeah, they are arbitrary though, in that they are arbitrarily defined by > the kernel source code. >
Thanks Steve and Nick, I think I understand it a bit better. Kerry
