null, zero: propad dat

Originální popis anglicky: null, zero - data sink

POPIS / INSTRUKCE

Data written on a null or zero special file is discarded. Reads from the null special file always return end of file, whereas reads from zero always return \0 characters. null and zero are typically created by:

NOTES

If these devices are not writable and readable for all users, many programs will act strange.

FILES

/dev/null /dev/zero

SOUVISEJÍCÍ

chown(1), mknod(1)