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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!news.netmbx.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!regent!lmsys!mrz!busybit!jochen From: jochen@busybit.mrz.sub.org (Jochen Fahrner) Subject: What is filetype "socket link" ? X-Md4-Signature: d85ec042b6540f8c5400558290750149 Organization: Busybit's Software Labor, D-8068 Pfaffenhofen Date: 6 Dec 92 10:20:37 Message-ID: <JOCHEN.92Dec6102037@busybit.mrz.sub.org> Sender: jochen@busybit.mrz.lm.sub.org (Jochen Fahrner) Lines: 10 In 386BSD there is a file /dev/log with filetype "socket link" (octal filetype 0140666). Neither cpio nor tar can handle this filetype. Can someone explain what this file type is, and what this file /dev/log is good for ? Jochen -- Jochen Fahrner, D-8068 Pfaffenhofen, jochen@busybit.mrz.sub.org