From: jwe AT bevo DOT che DOT wisc DOT edu ("John W. Eaton")
Subject: Re: b17 bash problem with /dev/null on Windows 95 system
9 Dec 1996 23:57:06 -0800
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On  9-Dec-1996, Phillip N. Toland <toland AT epix DOT net> wrote:

: I think I know what is happeneing here. Under DOS-ish systems, every
: directory has a nul device (nul is the magic name, not null as someone
: suggested earlier). I believe you said earlier that you created a /dev
: directory, so therefore /dev/nul exists but /dev/null doesn't. 

I did create a /dev directory, but when it didn't help the /dev/null
problem, I deleted it.  Even without it, redirecting to /dev/nul
works.  Redirecting /dev/null still fails.

: Unfortunately this doesn't explain why the cygwin tools can't find
: /dev/null 

True.

jwe
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