Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:28:12 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: /dev/zero support
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On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 bill AT taniwha DOT org wrote:

> /dev/null and /dev/crt are actually supported by dos itself (in a broken
> way: replace /dev with anything at you still get the device), so
> /dev/null support in djgpp is redundant.

Not true.  /dev/nul (single ell) and /dev/con are supported in a way you 
describe, but not /dev/null (two ells) and /dev/tty, the Unix 
equivalents.  (DOS devices are called NUL and CON.)  I don't know what 
/dev/crt is.

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