Hi,

On Mon, 27. Jan 2003, at  9:49 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
according to [Re: Am I blind? (devfs issue)]:

> >Could somebody explain to me why the device isn't listed in the first
> >ls -l call?
> 
> Hehe: welcome to clonable devices :-)
> 
> Notice that the major/minor is 3/27 which maps to /dev/dsp0.0.
> 
> /dev/dsp is a cloned device which gives you the first free /dev/dsp*
> device.
> 
> cloned devices do not appear in readdir requests, that's why you don't
> see it with "ls -l /dev/dsp*"

Okay, I understand.

Thanks for the quick answer.

Riggs

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