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Repository for change requests to the standard step library and for official extension steps
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Question on p:file-move #361

Closed xml-project closed 4 years ago

xml-project commented 4 years ago

The specs says:

If the href option specifies a device or other special kind of object, the results are implementation-defined.

Could somebody please explain to me what this is supposed to mean.

xatapult commented 4 years ago

Well, what is says...

On Unix a file path can reference a pseudo file for some device.

xml-project commented 4 years ago

Hhmm, still not sure, I understand that. I know how to address a device (e.g. a printer) with "ipp:" or "smb:". Can you give me a hint what kind of device can be addressed by "file://".

gimsieke commented 4 years ago

/dev/lp0 is a typical printer file system path, or /dev/tty0 is a terminal device. They can be addressed by href="file:///dev/lp0" and href="file:///dev/tty0", respectively.

xml-project commented 4 years ago

Thanks. Now I got the point.