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From: Bob Goldberg <bgoldberg AT homeaccess DOT com>
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Subject: mknod bug? major minor's are whacky
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:46:09 -0500
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cygwin 1.7.6

attempting to:
$ mknod null c 1 3

what I get is:
crw-rw-rw- 1 user mkgroup-l-d 46200, 14467 2010-08-17 18:44 null

WHERE did those crazy major/minor's come from!?!?

and how do I re-create a null device if mknod doesn't work right?
TIA

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