On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:01, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Understanding how the file abstraction works is to my mind a question of > basic culture around here. As a piece of engineering design balancing > functional elegance with practicality it's a wonderful thing to > contemplate and a key element of the success of the Unix model, I agree. Thanks for the explanation, links and pointers, Patrick. FC -- "The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers." Richard Hamming - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_code -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
