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Subject: Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:11:46 +0000 (UTC)
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This is a known DOS/Windows bug. I'm fairly sure that DOS used NUL as a null
device, and that Windows kept it around (not sure why, guess it's for
backward-compatibility).


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