On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:17:34 +0200 
 "Soren S. Jorvang" <soren@t.dk> wrote:

 > Actually, /dev/audioctl seems to me to be somewhat of a workaround
 > for the lack of an audio player (but then, /dev/*ctl always
 > smells of workaround to me). Is there a "real" use for /dev/audioctl
 > that I haven't thought of?

It's not /dev/audioctl in NetBSD ... there is an audioctl(1) program,
which operates on /dev/sound, who's settings are "sticky".

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