> mmh.. nice. 8)
> > > Well, that's actually what I use it for: To have a "file" that gives you
> > > 0 bytes and then EOF when read from.
> > And /dev/null?
> /dev/full sounded more logical to me, so I tried this one first. It worked.
> Reading from /dev/null sounds.. more strange.
It's not strange, it's what /dev/null is for. /dev/full isn't as widespread
as /dev/null is.
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