[ns] null file in cygwin
Adi Raichel
adir@passover.co.il
Thu Jan 1 02:28:04 2004
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Ok, its nice to know it should exist, however I don't see a 'dev' lib under
root or anywhere else. is root the right place? If it is, any idea why I
don't have it or how do I fix it?
Thanks,
adi
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicolas Christin [mailto:christin@SIMS.Berkeley.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 12:05 PM
To: Adi Raichel
Cc: ns-users@ISI.EDU
Subject: Re: [ns] null file in cygwin
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Adi Raichel wrote:
> I would like to know if a "sink" file such as /dev/null exists in
> cygwin? I want to be able to write to a file but without using disk
> space.
Yes, /dev/null exists in Cygwin.
--
Nicolas
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Ok, its nice to know it should exist, however I =
don’t see a
'dev' lib under root or anywhere else. is root the right place? If it =
is, any
idea why I don’t have it or how do I fix it?</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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href=3D"mailto:christin@SIMS.Berkeley.EDU">mailto:christin@SIMS.Berkeley.=
EDU</a>]
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2004</span></font><font
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Raichel</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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cygwin</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>On </span></font><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
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2003</span></font><font
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Raichel</span></font><font
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> I would like to know if a "sink" file =
such as
/dev/null exists in </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> cygwin? I want to be able to write to a file but
without using disk </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> space.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Yes, /dev/null exists in Cygwin.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal dir=3DLTR><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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