Brad wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Kent West wrote: > > > /dev/modem is a "generic" term for where your modem actually is. You > > can solve this in one of two ways: 1) make a symlink named /dev/modem > > that points to your actual modem (not recommended, because the system > > then can't place a lock on the modem to prevent two people/processes > > from trying to use it at the same time) > > According to Documentation/devices.txt in the kernel source, an > application is supposed to follow the symlink and lock the actual device > (as well as the symlink). In this way, it doesn't cause the problem you > predict. If you find a package that doesn't do this, file a bug report > since it's quite a serious bug. > > For the actual quote, either load the mentioned file and search for > "symlink" or email me privately and i'll send it to you. > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Thanks for the correction. Now I can quite spreading bad info, at least on this topic :-)
