Shell script to generate shell script which recreates /dev/*

Guy Riddle ggr at hudson.UUCP
Fri Jun 29 10:50:11 AEST 1984


Another easy way to make copies of /dev (and subdirectories) is to
use cpio.  It knows about special files and named pipes and will
happily re-create them for you.  I have used it to quickly produce
a bunch of special files needed by our local-area network software.

			=== Guy Riddle == AT&T Bell Laboratories, New Jersey ===



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