Messages in this thread | | | From | Joerg Schilling <> | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:32:27 +0100 | Subject | Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest) |
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Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote: > > > > > >>>Interesting: You claim that the Linux platform provides ways to retrieve > >>>the needed information on FreeBSD, MS-WIN, ....? > >>> > >> > >>What do FreeBSD and MS-WIN have to do with Linux? > > > > > > What is the relevence of /dev/hd* for a device independent library like libscg? > > > > Isn't it good practice to adhere to the naming conventions > of the system to which a program is ported to? (even if 100 > of them do it one way and 1 does it another)
Well, the problem is that (in special if you include the ATAPI tape drives) Linux likes to enforce inapropriate naming conventions.
Jörg
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