/dev/zero can output 0's (null characters) endlessly. I am looking for a technique to output 1's (0xFF or 0b11111111) endlessly in a similar manner as /dev/zero.
The following dd statement writes 4 terabytes of 0's to the drive /dev/sdb. This dd statement does not cause any memory shortage.
On the other hand, I would like to write 1's almost endlessly. The following perl statement attempts to write 4 terabytes of 1's. However, its huge buffer at the redirection causes the "Out of memory" error, and hence the perl statement fails.
Is there any technique to output 1's (0xFF or 0b11111111) endlessly in a similar manner as /dev/zero? I wonder if this goal can be achieved by using /dev/loop or something.
Thanks a lot in advance.
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Mac OS X note: The dd command on Mac OS X has slightly different syntax from that on Linux. The dd command on Mac OS X may expect lowercase letters for k, m and g. If the above dd statement does not work on Mac OS X, try the following.
dd bs=4k count=1g if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk1
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mkdevmaps
mkdevmaps(1M) System Administration Commands mkdevmaps(1M)NAME
mkdevmaps - make device_maps entries
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/mkdevmaps
DESCRIPTION
The mkdevmaps command writes to standard out a set of device_maps(4) entries describing the system's frame buffer, audio, and removable
media devices.
The mkdevmaps command is used by the init.d(4) scripts to create or update the /etc/security/device_maps file.
Entries are generated based on the device special files found in /dev. For the different categories of devices, the mkdevmaps command
checks for the following files under /dev:
audio /dev/audio, /dev/audioctl, /dev/sound/...
tape /dev/rst*, /dev/nrst*, /dev/rmt/...
floppy /dev/diskette, /dev/fd*, /dev/rdiskette, /dev/rfd*
removable disk /dev/dsk/c0t?d0s?, /dev/rdsk/c0t?d0s?
frame buffer /dev/fb
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Obsolete |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO allocate(1), bsmconv(1M), attributes(5)NOTES
mkdevmaps might not be supported in a future release of the Solaris operating system.
SunOS 5.10 8 Oct 2003 mkdevmaps(1M)