What does the letter »r« stand for in /dev/sr0?

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Sun Nov 1 21:08:27 UTC 2009


Detlef Lechner wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> what does the letter »r« stand for in /dev/sr0?
> (/dev/scd0 is a link to /dev/sr0.)

Does it have to stand for anything?  Perhaps they were just out of ideas?  
It might, perhaps, be "raw", but that's just a WAG.
-- 
derek





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