Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:26:22 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch 00/13] Syslets, "Threadlets", generic AIO support, v3 |
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On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Kirk Kuchov wrote: > > I don't believe I'm wasting my time explaining this. They don't exist > as /dev/null, they are just fucking _LINKS_. I could even "ln -s > /proc/self/fd/0 sucker". A real /dev/stdout can/could even exist, but > that's not the point!
Actually, one large reason for /proc/self/ existing is exactly /dev/stdin and friends.
And yes, /proc/self looks like a link too, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a very special file. No different from /dev/null or friends.
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