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Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc> writes:

> There are a few cases that we might be forced to maintain regular
> numbers: mkfifo() creates a named pipe, and bind() creates a named
> socket.

Neither fifos nor sockets are devices.

Andreas.

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