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Device file metadata in the Linux man-pages project

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Primary source: man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/inode.7.html
Verified locator: inode(7), DESCRIPTION: inode information, st_dev versus st_rdev and character/block file types. Companion primary interface documentation man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mknod.2.html , DESCRIPTION: mode selects file type; dev specifies major/minor numbers for character/block special files.

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