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@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks here:
* b: a block device file
* p: a named pipe
- +mode+, +uid+ and +gid+ are the usual permissions settings
-- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files
+- +major+ and +minor+ are here for device files - set to - for other
+ files
- +start+, +inc+ and +count+ are for when you want to create a batch
of files, and can be reduced to a loop, beginning at +start+,
incrementing its counter by +inc+ until it reaches +count+