RFR: 8233451: (fs) Files.newInputStream() cannot be used with character special files

[Archie Cobbs]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:13:06 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> FileChannel implements SeekableByteChannel. You'll see exactly the same thing if you use FileChannel.open to open a special file.

Ah... thanks. Also (for example) `FileInputStream.getChannel()` returns a `FileChannel`, so we're stuck with it.

OK so this is an "original sin" situation which we can't fix here. Thanks for the clarification.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21508#issuecomment-2414264717