7 Mar
2018
7 Mar
'18
12:52
On 07/03/18 09:05, Peter Suetterlin wrote:
James Knott wrote:
On 03/06/2018 11:56 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
> Any ideas why it's not working? I'm no expert, but maybe because ttyS0 is a character device, not a file? Just guessing wildly.
I thought everything on *nix was supposed to be a file. Yes, my thought, too.
Except when it's not. Like networking, for example. But files can be both character (sequential access) or block (direct access). So ttyS0 is a sequential (character) file, while sda is a block (direct access) file. Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org