[NBLUG/talk] Stupid Computer Tricks

Rich Gibson rich.gibson at gmail.com
Tue Apr 18 22:16:43 PDT 2006


It is an instance of metaphor shear...  Treating /dev and /proc as a
'filesystem' makes some things easier, but it is not shall we say an
entirely consistent use of the idea of a 'filesystem.'

On 4/18/06, Tim Preston <timp at sonic.net> wrote:
> What would you clasify that as; A design problem, or An implamentation
> problem? :p
>
> Tim
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> Walter Hansen wrote:
> > Attempting to back up /dev seemed to encounter problems. I wonder why?
> >
> > JK B-)
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