NULL(4)             UNIX Programmer's Manual		  NULL(4)



NAME
     null - data sink

SYNOPSIS
     major device number(s):
	  raw: 1
     minor device encoding:
	  mem: 0;  kmem: 1;  null: 2

DESCRIPTION
     Data written on a null special file is discarded.

     Reads from a null special file always return 0 bytes.

FILES
     /dev/null
     /dev/MAKEDEV	 script to create special files
     /dev/MAKEDEV.local  script to localize special files

SEE ALSO
     mem(4)


































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