| Date | Wed, 23 Dec 1998 03:55:58 +0100 | From | Johnny Teveßen <> | Subject | Re: /dev/full |
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Quoting Charles Cazabon (charlesc-linux@hal.qcc.sk.ca):
> Er, I thought the point of /dev/full was to return ENOSPACE (or whatever the > disk-full error code is) when you attempted to write to it...I don't think > you get anything from it when you try to read.
Well, that's actually what I use it for: To have a "file" that gives you 0 bytes and then EOF when read from.
ciao, johnny -- Trust no-one.
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