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/MAKEDEVscript to create special files
/dev/MAKEDEV.localscript to localize special files

SEE ALSO

mem(4)

2nd Berkeley Distribution  —  January 28, 1988