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23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null

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Message #45 received at 3736 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 3736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#3736: 23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:31 +0200

Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> On W32 systems, null-device is "NUL". Not useful for Tramp, it needs
>> "/dev/null" on remote machines.
>
> What if the remote machine uses "NUL", "NLA0:" or "Dev:Nul" for its
> null device? I think tramp benefits from the use of null-device
> instead of hard-coded "/dev/null" as much as any other part of Emacs.

In case Tramp uses "/dev/null", the remote machine is expected to be
unixish. For other remote machine types, "/dev/null" is not used.

I would not carve this sentence in stone, but that's the situation
today.

Best regards, Michael.

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