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NULL(4)                 NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                NULL(4)


NAME

     null -- the null device


DESCRIPTION

     The null device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file
     - but throws it away. The length of the null device is always zero.


FILES

     /dev/null


HISTORY

     A null device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.

NetBSD 5.1                       June 5, 1993                       NetBSD 5.1