HELMER%SDNET.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu (Guy Helmer) (06/20/89)
Does someone know where I can find the patch for the null device (/dev/null) in Minix 1.3? I'm referring to the problem where cat /dev/null > a_file does not result in a file with 0 bytes, but a file that grows until you kill the cat command. Thanks in advance. -- Guy Helmer BITNET: HELMER@SDNET Dakota State College (11 days to being a University!!!) Madison, SD AT&T: (605) 256-5315
jnall%FSU.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) (06/21/89)
> Does someone know where I can find the patch for the null device > (/dev/null) in Minix 1.3? I referring to the problem where > cat /dev/null > a_file does not result in a file with 0 bytes, > but a file that grows until you kill the cat command. I have not seen any patches for the problem, but in my case it was fixed by changing /dev/null back to a character device. Somehow, it gets changed to a block device, and that causes the problem referred to. Fixing it is easy: cd /dev rm null mknod null c 1 3 (and, of course, changing it on the original root image) John Nall