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09-19-2004, 11:52 PM	#1
Dave-Bowskill LQ Newbie Registered: Sep 2004 Location: Wentworth Falls NSW Australia Posts: 2 Rep:	/dev directory 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 Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia

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