bsd man page for null

Query: null

OS: bsd

Section: 4

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NULL(4) 						     Kernel Interfaces 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) 3rd Berkeley Distribution January 28, 1988 NULL(4)
Related Man Pages
lp(4) - bsd
dh(4) - bsd
kmem(4) - bsd
rl(4) - bsd
ts(4) - bsd
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