Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:59:50 -0600 | From | Fuzzy Fox <> | Subject | Re: Reading empty file (was: Re: /dev/full) |
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Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> wrote: > > > /dev/full sounded more logical to me, so I tried this one first. It worked. > > Reading from /dev/null sounds.. more strange. > > It's not strange, it's what /dev/null is for. /dev/full isn't as widespread > as /dev/null is.
Reading from /dev/null gives immediate EOF. Reading from /dev/full gives the same results as reading from /dev/zero.
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