On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 03:05:45PM -0400, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the > "b" mean and how is it controlled? > > [root@box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb* > brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb > brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1
It means the file is a block device node. Typically control of that file/device is through a device driver. In this case these are respectively your second SCSI (or emulated SCSI, such as sATA) disk device, and the first addressable partition on that device. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
