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NAME

6       null - data sink
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SYNOPSIS

9       major device number(s):
10            raw: 1
11       minor device encoding:
12            mem: 0;  kmem: 1;  null: 2
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DESCRIPTION

15       Data written on a null special file is discarded.
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17       Reads from a null special file always return 0 bytes.
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FILES

20       /dev/null
21       /dev/MAKEDEV        script to create special files
22       /dev/MAKEDEV.local  script to localize special files
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SEE ALSO

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