On 2/3/06, Gabriel Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew McNabb wrote: > > The kernel is spying on you. It always knows where you are and what > > you're doing. And when you throw something at device major 5, minor 0, > > it throws it right back at you. > > Creepy. I felt better when I thought it was magic.
/dev/stdout works differently though, just for the record. It's a symlink to /proc/self/fd/1 which "self" is a symlink that always points to /proc/yourpid when you are the running process. Slightly less magical. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
