Re: /dev/psaux problems

["David C. Winters" <winters@giri.intro.cs.cmu.edu>]

> On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Robert Resendes wrote:
> >    If I try to "cat" the file, though, I get the following error:
> > > cat /dev/psaux
> > cat: /dev/psaux: No such device

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Mike Taylor wrote:
> I don't think cat works here because /dev/psaux is not a regular file.

	No, IMHO this error in this instance results from the /dev/psaux
file not existing.  cat'ting an existing /dev/psaux file gives you a
screenful of unreadable gibberish, but it gives you SOMETHING if the file
exists.


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