[vorbis] Transcoding listening test

[Greg Wooledge]

Paul Jarc (prj at po.cwru.edu) wrote:

> Greg Wooledge <greg at wooledge.org> writes:

> > jekyll# mv foo.mp3 /dev/audio
> > jekyll# ls -l $PWD/foo.mp3 /dev/audio
> > ls: /home/greg/foo.mp3: No such file or directory
> > -rw-rw-r--    1 greg     greg            0 Aug  6 18:45 /dev/audio

> Hm.  So mv writes to a existing destination file only if it's a
> regular file on a different filesystem.  Anyway, this is OT...

Gah!  It may be OT, but it's also *false*!

/dev/audio was *not* a regular file before the mv.  It was a character
device.  "mv foo.mp3 /dev/audio" is simply a *VERY VERY BAD THING TO DO*.

I'm trying to make this clear.

If I've failed to make this clear, please explain what part of my
explanation was confusing or insufficient.


-- 
Greg Wooledge                  |   "Truth belongs to everybody."
greg at wooledge.org              |    - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
http://wooledge.org/~greg/     |



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