Re: Shouldn't we update this fortune?

Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote:
 > >        If I 'cp /bin/csh /dev/audio' shouldn't I hear the ocean?
 > >                     -- Danno Coppock
 > 
 > Surely everyone should be aware that it's
 > 
 > #sudo sh -c "cat /bin/csh > /dev/dsp0.0"

Uhm, no, why?  "cp /bin/csh /dev/audio" works fine here.
/dev/audio (symlink to audio0.0) is world-writable by
default, so no sudo required, and cp works fine.  (In
fact, it does _not_ work for me when I try to use sudo.)

It doesn't really sound like the ocean, though.  :-)

Best regards
   Oliver

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