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From: "Rowan Ingvar Wilson" <rowan.ingvar.wilson@0800dial.com>
To: "'Frank Schaefer'" <frank.schafer@setuza.cz>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: /dev/zero
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:26:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <002c01c1e1f3$5bf7e600$c82d3c3e@m3v0u8> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1018595942.2918.2.camel@ADMIN>

Just as a matter of interest myself...what is it's actual function? It
is used during kernel debugging to supply an input?

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Frank Schaefer
Sent: 12 April 2002 08:19
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/zero

On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 08:46, blesson paul wrote:
> Hi all
>                I am newbie to linux kernel. What is the use of
/dev/zero. 
> Why it is created and how to use it
> regards
> Blesson Paul
> 
> 
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Hi,

/dev/zero is a data source. It delivers zeroes ( maybe that's why this
name ;-).

BTW: You are new to the linux kernel or new to linux / unix?

Regards
Frank

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-12  7:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-12  6:46 /dev/zero blesson paul
2002-04-12  7:19 ` /dev/zero Frank Schaefer
2002-04-12  7:26   ` Rowan Ingvar Wilson [this message]
2002-04-12  8:08     ` /dev/zero Samuel Maftoul
2002-04-12 15:12       ` /dev/zero Guillaume Gimenez
2002-04-12 23:02 /dev/zero Samuel Maftoul
2002-04-19  8:33 /dev/zero blesson paul
2002-04-19 10:22 ` /dev/zero Frank Schaefer
2002-04-20  0:50   ` /dev/zero willam
2002-04-23 22:46 ` /dev/zero Bill Davidsen
2002-04-19 16:35 /dev/zero Torrey Hoffman

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