On Mar 19,  9:48am, collver@linuxfreemail.com wrote:
} Subject: Re: Embedded NetBSD? [was Re: CVS commit: basesrc]
} > The problem that devices can appear anywhere in the filesystem at random,
} > is actually a vary serious flaw in NTFS which M$ really needs to correct.
} 
} "devices" (special files) can appear anywhere in FFS at random.

     I realise this.  The difference is that on a UNIX system, you have
to explicitly create one via mknod, and it is visible.  On NT, they are
magic names, i.e. try accessing ...\aux.c and wham, you're nailed.

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