From: win AT cic DOT net (Winona Strater)
Subject: Re: b17 bash problem with /dev/null on Windows 95 system
10 Dec 1996 17:21:56 -0800
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For the record, both work on my NT3.51, when I have a /dev/null.  If I
don't have /dev/null, /dev/nul gives me : no such file or directory. 
/dev/null still works.

Win


Robert DOT Baron AT ERNST DOT MACH DOT CS DOT CMU DOT EDU wrote:
> 
> I know that the thread here is win95, but I would like to add for
> the record that
>         echo foo >/dev/null
> works fine on nt 4.0.  and
>         echo foo >/dev/nul
> fails as expected.
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