From:	pete AT horus DOT cix DOT co DOT uk (Pete Jordan)
Subject:	RE: ps, test, /dev/null questions
19 Sep 1997 09:05:59 -0700 :
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lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) wrote:

> 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.

I have /dev/null as a mount to \\.\NUL: here - seems to work exactly as it
should.

Pete Jordan ~ Horus Communications ~ http://www.horus.cix.co.uk/

"'Not twisted,' Salzy once said of her own passion, 'it is helical.
 That sounds better.'"
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