From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Redeeman <redeeman@metanurb.dk>
Subject: Re: I've done a very bad mistake
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 14:45:02 +0200
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a device file is just a completely normal file.. almost..
i know this because i once did:

cp blah.blablabla /dev/null
and my null was replaced by this.

On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 23:02 -0500, David Masover wrote:
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> Redeeman wrote:
> | afaik, this only overwrites the device node. recreate it, and you should
> | be fine
> 
> Last I checked, it doesn't.  For instance, I often do
> 
> # cp file.img /dev/fd0
> # cp /dev/fd0 file.img.test
> # diff file.img file.img.test
> 
> to write a floppy from an image, then verify that the floppy matches the
> image.
> 
> In fact, I think it detects if the destination is a device node and
> behaves like 'dd' if it is.
> 
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Redeeman <redeeman@metanurb.dk>