NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     null - the null device

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The null device accepts and reads data as any ordinary  (and
willing)
     file,  but throws it away.  The length of the null device is
always zero.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /dev/null

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     zero(4)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     A null device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

OpenBSD      3.6                           June      5,      1993