<b_jonas> slashlearn block device/Block devices are a concession made in Unix to make raw hard disks and magnetic tape have a similar interface to regular files and terminals. Since magnetic tapes can\'t write individual bytes, only entire blocks, the interface isn\'t exactly the same, thus the dreaded dd obs= option was born.

2005-10-22.txt:22:49:37: <calamari> E!bf +[.+]++++++++++.
2005-10-24.txt:02:16:54: <graue> that first one should be +[.+]
2005-10-24.txt:02:19:38: <calamari> graue: .+[.+] if you want