On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 07:46:27AM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > Making assumptions about device names is > generally fairly stupid, imho--the name isn't important, only the > major/minor are.) It's exactly the other way round. The device name is what you standardize, the actual implementation is irrelevant. For example, on the Hurd, major/minor is completely meaningless. All device files just return 0,0. Marcus