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.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 June 5, 1993			 FreeBSD 5.2.1