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RE: ps, test, /dev/null questions
- To: "Khosla, Deepak" <DKhosla at Compaq dot com>, "'gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com'" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: ps, test, /dev/null questions
- From: Larry Hall <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 19:42:58 -0400
At 02:06 PM 9/18/97 -0500, Khosla, Deepak wrote:
>- Sending anything to /dev/null does create a file that size (not
>good), however if you input from it, you don't get anything (strange
>but good)
I've made /dev/null a directory. This works nicely since it never grows
and nothing ends up in the directory. It has worked real well for me and
seems to be a better alternative than using a file called null in the
/dev directory, IMHO.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053
8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX
Wellesley, MA 02181
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