Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:20:07 -0400 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs question |
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Andrew Pimlott writes: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 05:59:12PM -0400, Richard Gooch wrote: > > Khimenko Victor writes: > > > > - if ((tty = rindex(ttyn, '/'))) > > > - ++tty; > > > + if (strncmp(ttyn, "/dev/", 5) == 0) > > > + tty = ttyn+5; > > > else > > > > Hm. util-linux-2.10f doesn't have this, 2.10h does. 2.10g isn't on > > kernel.org. > > > > However, you really should have swapped to index(3) instead (or > > better, strchr(3) which is POSIX). Building an assumption on /dev > > isn't very good either. It still wouldn't be 100% correct (it'll fall > > over if your device nodes/devfs mountpoint are deeper), but it would > > be better. > > Perhaps best to look for a purely numerical last component, and in > that case take the last two components.
That would break the old names. "/dev/tty1" would not match to "tty1".
Regards,
Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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