bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you want to

[Ryan Sommers]

The following reply was made to PR bin/72355; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ryan Sommers <ryans at gamersimpact.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, beyssac at bofh.enst.fr
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/72355: Can't run "strings" on a (disk) device, even if you
 want to
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 23:28:56 -0500

 According to POSIX: "The /strings/ utility shall look for printable 
 strings in regular files and shall write those strings to standard output."
 
  From the looks of it strings isn't supposed to work on devices. Depends 
 on how literally you take "regular files" to mean.
 
 -- 
 Ryan Sommers
 ryans at gamersimpact.com