From: lhall@rfk.com (Larry Hall) Subject: RE: ps, test, /dev/null questions 18 Sep 1997 16:59:54 -0700 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19970918234258.00975068.cygnus.gnu-win32@ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Khosla, Deepak" , "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" At 02:06 PM 9/18/97 -0500, Khosla, Deepak wrote: >- Sending anything to /dev/null does create a file that size (not >good), however if you input from it, you don't get anything (strange >but good) I've made /dev/null a directory. This works nicely since it never grows and nothing ends up in the directory. It has worked real well for me and seems to be a better alternative than using a file called null in the /dev directory, IMHO. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".