Em Dom, 2002-02-10 às 23:36, ben escreveu: > On Sunday 10 February 2002 05:14 pm, Matthew Dalton wrote: > > ben wrote: > > > one if my /dev/ files has a mysterious date of 0 april 2001. has anyone > > > had this before. can i/should i manually reset that, and, if so, how is > > > it done? > > > > Are you sure you're reading the ls output right? > > > > In my /dev directory I have an entry: > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 13, 0 Feb 23 1999 xda > > > > The '0' here is the minor number. It has nothing to do with the date. > > > > > > If you are reading the ls output correctly though, you could try > > changing the date with "touch /dev/<file>". > > > thanks for the response, matthew. yeah, i was reading it correctly. touch > does change the date but doesn't affect the inability to cat the file. cat > still claims that it doesn't exist even though ls sees it. >
It is not a file it is a device, if there is nothing connected to it cat will give you that exact answer no such file or DEVICE Michel. > ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >