[gpm]How to create gpmctl in /dev

Alessandro Rubini rubini@gnu.org
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:44:45 +0100


> I'm not familiar with the 's' 'device' for gpmctl.  It doesn't appear to
> be a block or char device, or a symbolic link.  How do I create it?

You don't need to create it. It's created by gpm itself. Actually, it
might even not exist on the filesystem (although all current unixen,
as far as I know, show such sockets as files).

"man 2 stat", look for "socket" for details.

/alessandro
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