Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:18:24 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Tom St Denis <tomstdenis AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: /dev/null
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Tom St Denis wrote:

> > d:/> echo hi > /dev/null
> > bash: /dev/null: Permission denied (EACCES)
> > ********************************************
> >
> > What is wrong with my /dev/null redirection?
> 
> In DOS there is no /dev/null so use nul

You will get the same result with nul (on W2K) if you use it from a
DJGPP program.

The above commands were typed at Bash's prompt, and Bash, being a
DJGPP program, supports /dev/null (by transparently converting it to
nul).

For more about this and other DJGPP features, type from the DOS
prompt:

   info know hidden features

and read there.