<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>"b" stands for block device; just like "c" will represent a character device.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">I looked all over the place for that kind of information years ago... strangely, I found in when scanning the man page for 'find'.<br><span></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div
style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA" <bobgoodwin@wildblue.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Fedora List <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 23, 2013 3:05 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> permissions -<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><br>I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b" <br>mean and how is it controlled?<br><br>[<a ymailto="mailto:root@box10" href="mailto:root@box10">root@box10</a> bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*<br>brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb<br>brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1<br><br>Bob<br><br>-- <br><br><a
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