On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 23:52, Steven Lembark wrote:
> -- Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >
> >> Bug in your devfsd.comf file. Have you modified/added any
> >> entries to it?
> >>
> >
> > Nope, not at all. I had trouble with another issue before, and someone
> > told me that I had to modify this file, but when I looked at it, it was
> > so cryptic that I knew I didn't understand it well enough, and left it
> > alone.
>
> :-)
>
>
> Less cryptic than it might seem at first glance. Trick
> is to start from a working example. e.g., here is the
> entry for my tape drive. "/dev/tapes/tape0/mt" is what
> I want "/dev/tape" to look like. Paths are relative to
> /dev/ (or whatever your mount point is). You can LOOKUP
> a new device, REGISTER the "real" device as the "standard"
> device or UNREGISTER the device. From there the logic is
> not all that complicated:
>
> LOOKUP ^tape$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL
> symlink tapes/tape0/mt tape
> REGISTER ^tapes/tape0/mt$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink tapes/tape0/mt
> tape
> UNREGISTER ^tapes/tape0/mt$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink tape
>
>
> Either way, you still have a bug in your devfsd.conf file.
>
> --
> Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer
> Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647
> +1 773 252 1080
I know I didn't modify anything, but with your information, let me look
that file over and get back to you. Thanks for helping out, regardless.
--
Robert <racsw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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