Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:41:42 -0500
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> Shouldn't /dev/full be NOT ready for writing?  What does `select'
> return on Unix systems for the /dev/full device in this case?

It needs to be ready, so that the app will try to write to it and see
that it's full.  If it's never ready, the program will wait forever.