= phenomenon =

After consulting the oracle (google), I still couldn't find the answer to my question and turned to #fedora. Per usual, everyone was very helpful and polite. They answered my question accurately and were able to direct me to some additional reading material, which I found most helpful.

= reason =

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[23:39] <notinachos> while working with netcat, it got me reading about network socket programming in bash. seems /dev/tcp and /dev/udp are MIA though (i'm running F16). does fedora use something else, or is this deprecated?
[23:39] <[R]> they dont actually exist
[23:39] <[R]> its virtual
[23:39] <notinachos> ahh
[23:41] <notinachos> awesome, running the examples returned the expected results. thanks [R] ;)
[23:43] <fenrus02> see also, /topic #bash and http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mabzug1/bash-httpd.html
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= recommendation =

I see [R] and fenrus02 in channel everyday helping people, but I'm sure it's not everyday that somebody stops to thank them. Just wanted to let you know it's appreciated guys ;)