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bug#3736: 23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#3736: 23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:31 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Jason Rumney <jasonr@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.