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Re: Reading special Unix files in RB, like /dev/random

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Subject: Re: Reading special Unix files in RB, like /dev/random
From: Charles Yeomans <charles at declareSub dot com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:24:30 -0400
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On Apr 28, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Theodore H. Smith wrote:

>
> Can RB read special unix files? Like /dev/random
>
> Did anyone ever have a need to do this?
>
> Just wondering...
>
> for what it's worth, you can read special unix files in RB nowadays,
> using my ElfData plugin.

Rb cannot read such files.  Apparently it should be able to, and I  
have filed a feature request.

Charles Yeomans
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