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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:04:40 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: If dd doesn't support /dev/zero, what _does_ it support?
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Richard Dawe wrote:

> Since the only time I've really seen /dev/zero used is in dd, I will
> prototype it using dd. I guess that would make Damian happy. ;) I may even
> write /dev/null too, while I'm doing an FSEXT.

??? /dev/null is already supported, so why do you need to do anything
about it?

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