From: kasper AT altisimo DOT com (Richard Kasperowski)
Subject: Re: Q: How to configure /dev/null
18 Nov 1997 16:24:50 -0800
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To: Larry Hall <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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Larry Hall wrote:
> 
> At 05:18 PM 11/17/97 -0500, Richard Kasperowski wrote:
> >How do I create a valid /dev/null on NT?  TIA.
> 
> Create a directory /dev/null.  Works for me.

That doesn't quite work.  For example, the "configure" script for RCS
5.7 attempts to execute this line:

 //d/gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/diff /dev/null conftest1

which results in this error:

 //d/gnuwin32/b18/H-i386-cygwin32/bin/diff: /dev/null/conftest1: No such
file or directory

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Richard Kasperowski          Altisimo Computing
kasper AT altisimo DOT com          Cambridge, MA, USA
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