Re: /dev/tcp

On 8/21/26 08:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 20/08/2026 18:02, c186282 wrote:
>> Other odd Linux tricks - how many know you can
>>    read/write to a disk drive that has no file
>>    system ?
> Of course. Done all the time with floppies
> 
> Just write to the raw device.
> 
> After all, at some level some part of Linux has to do that anyway even 
> if it is writing to a file.

   It used to be popular for holding the max amount
   of binary data - no space wasted with the file
   system setup.

   A few years back I leveraged it for a disk-wipe
   program. Problem was that disks have become SO
   huge ... had to use M$ 128/256-bit var classes to
   access the whole thing.

   E-Disks ... can't REALLY wipe 'em alas. There
   are hidden buffers plus the wear-leveling scheme
   gets in the way. You wipe 'em the Hillary Clinton
   way - HAMMER  :-)