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Re: ls /dev/*
Christopher Faylor wrote:
Sorry. I should have read further. Apparently the OP just wants
*something* in /dev even if it is not what "should" be there.
The question of "should" is subjective I would think. I worry sometimes,
since /dev is "special" and a "pseudo" directory that what I'm doing my
break things in some manner. To date it works just fine. And, as I've
said, to me, disk drives are devices. Somebody suggested /mnt. To me
that's more for remote mounts, so my Z drive might be better suited for
/mnt but C and D are local and I would expect them in /dev not
/mnt.though one could argue that they too are mounted. Right now we are
just talking personal preferences...
I suggest just making the directory and downloading interesting jpeg
images to the directory. That's what I'd do.
Hell a touch /dev/file would work (except other special things in /dev
like clipboard will not list - but curiously list with ls /dev/clipboard)!
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