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Old 07-16-2004, 08:51 AM   #1
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makedev - accidental creation of a directory


While tryng to configure my TV tuner I accidentally created a /dev/video0 directory, which now contains several subdirectories. No problem, it seems, I may delete it, that's fine; however, after the system reboot, the directory is automatically re-created. Is there a way to get rid of this once and for all?
 
Old 07-16-2004, 09:38 AM   #2
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Could it be in your fstab? (/etc/fstab)
 
Old 07-16-2004, 10:31 AM   #3
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Not in an fstab

Thanks for the reply, no entry referring to that is located there.
 
Old 07-17-2004, 03:36 AM   #4
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Resolution

Finally, I've come to a resolution: the /dev directory is somewhat "mirrored" in the /lib/dev-state directory. The deletion of video0 directory there caused it not to be re-created during start-up.
 
  


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