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> Also I always found it weird, that a lot of things are "files" in Linux, but not ethernet interfaces, so you have to do that enumeration dance before getting an fd to oictl on. I remember HP-UX having them as files in /dev, which was neat.

My main complaint in general with everything-is-a-file is that it isn't taken far enough:) (Well, on anything except Plan 9)



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