NULL
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NAME
null
- the null device
DESCRIPTION
The
device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing)
file -
but throws it away. The length of the
null
device is always zero.
FILES
- /dev/null
-
HISTORY
A
device appeared in
AT&T System
v7 .
Index
- NAME
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- FILES
-
- HISTORY
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