From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se>
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Subject: Re: zero and null as devices
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 12:58:05 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010510163851.7067B-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at May 10, 2001 04:40:56 PM
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Eli said:
> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Martin Stromberg wrote:
> > I've realised that it would be not too hard making a DOZE device
> > driver that supports /dev/zero or /dev/full.
> > 
> > Is this something we would like to have?
> 
> What would be the advantages of a true device as opposed to FSEXT 
> simulation?

Available to any *DOZE application. Even if they don't want it. It'll
be impossible to access a file called "zero" or "full".

> Such a device driver will probably be limited to plain DOS, so its 
> utility would not be available to Windows users.

Nope. It ought to work on WINDOZE up until ME (which doesn't read
AUTOEXEC.BAT). Not on the NT strain of course.


Right,

						MartinS