01-12-2008, 05:31 AM
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 Re: copy files, the mode is crw-rw-rw-
Thanks!!
gurg wrote:
> In article <bk06a7$mks$1@bob.news.rcn.net>, cljlk@hotmail.com says...
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>>Is it possible that I can copy files their mode is crw-rw-rw-, the file
>>is in /dev directory. Thanks.
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> The "c" stands for "character". Those aren't normal files. Those are
> special files that represent system devices, specifically the devices
> that process one byte/character at a time, like terminals and modems.
> You'll see "b" (for "block") files, too. Those are devices that process
> blocks of bytes at a time, like disk partitions. (Remember: In Unix,
> pretty much everything is a file.)
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> You can't use cp to copy those. If you try to cp a special file, cp
> will attempt to copy to or from the device the file represents, not the
> actual file itself.
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> I believe you can tar them up and then untar them somewhere else. Check
> the tar options, though. |