From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: Re: Q: How to configure /dev/null
21 Nov 1997 05:33:43 -0800
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To: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com



>Date: 19 Nov 1997 19:36:00 +0100
>From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
>To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>Subject: Re: Q: How to configure /dev/null
>
>Hi Richard,
>
>>How do I create a valid /dev/null on NT?  TIA.
>
>It is already existing.
>

Hi Michael,

/dev/null doesn't exist in the sense that it was being used.  As I 
stated to Richard, /dev/null is being emulated by the cygwin.dll for 
pipes and redirection.  However, Richard had a situation where /dev/null 
was being used as a file parameter to diff.  I.E.: diff /dev/null 
somefile.  diff complained that the file didn't exist which is true.  To 
correct this problem you have to create a /dev directory and create a 
zero length file named null. I.E.: mkdir /dev; cd /dev; cat << EOD > 
null; EOD

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