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09-20-2004, 09:45 PM	#1
Dave-Bowskill LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2004 Location: Wentworth Falls NSW Australia Posts: 2 Rep:	Automatic generation of /dev devices I have always wondered why the /dev directory is in such an apparent mess - most of the files there don't correspond to any devices on most systems. Does any system exist where the hardware is interrogated on boot-up and then only the files that correspond to the existing devices are then created in /dev ? Dave Bowskill

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