| null.4 (50476) | null.4 (57676) |
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| 1.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)null.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 | 1.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)null.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 |
| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/null.4 50476 1999-08-28 00:22:10Z peter $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/null.4 57676 2000-03-01 14:50:24Z sheldonh $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd June 5, 1993 36.Dt NULL 4 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm null 40.Nd the null device 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm 44device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) 45file \- | 34.\" 35.Dd June 5, 1993 36.Dt NULL 4 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm null 40.Nd the null device 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Nm 44device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) 45file \- |
| 46but throws it away. The length of the | 46but throws it away. 47The length of the |
| 47.Nm null 48device is always zero. 49.Sh FILES 50.Bl -tag -width /dev/null 51.It Pa /dev/null 52.El 53.Sh SEE ALSO 54.Xr zero 4 55.Sh HISTORY 56A 57.Nm 58device appeared in 59.At v7 . | 48.Nm null 49device is always zero. 50.Sh FILES 51.Bl -tag -width /dev/null 52.It Pa /dev/null 53.El 54.Sh SEE ALSO 55.Xr zero 4 56.Sh HISTORY 57A 58.Nm 59device appeared in 60.At v7 . |