On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA
<bobgoodwin(a)wildblue.net> wrote:
I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b" mean
and how is it controlled?
[root@box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1
It is a block/buffered special file. See mknod.
John