Hi, These are character devices for I/O. /dev/tty0 is a special device, representing the current terminal. /dev/tty1 is the first virtual terminal, /dev/tty1 is second virtual terminal (usually there are 6 virtual terminals). The other /dev/tty* are for other purposes. Regards, Rami Rosen http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:11 PM, horse_rivers <horse_rivers@xxxxxxx> wrote: > hi： > > > I find in /dev/ file folder ,there are many tty* ， which is like tty0,ty1,tty7,tty9,and son on. > > I do not know what is this ? > > my computer may not have so many device > > thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
