In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Long writes:

>> The simplest way to do this, is probably to overload ENOENT or some
>> other currently undefined errno for this effect.
>
>But then why not have g_access be able to communicate the ability to 
>access the device independent from the ability to access the media?
>Seems like both of these questions are "access" questions.

Because that is a lot more work for no benefit I can see ?

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