"K. Bradford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From what little I know about Hurd, it appears that there are passive > translators set in all the nodes under /dev, and the ls command brings > them alive. This does not seem like proper behaviour and I don't remember > this happening when I first installed the system. I have not made any > changes to /dev or any of the nodes within it, except to run MAKEDEV to > create the driver nodes I need for my scsi disk. The ptys were already > there after the install. > > Could someone offer any clues ?
The only clue that can be offered is that this is the correct behaviour, passive translators become a live when what does a stat() on them. When running `ls -l' then ls does a stat() on each node which in turn brings each translator to life. A plain `ls' on the other hand does not. Cheers, -- Alfred M. Szmidt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
