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bug#4115: grep and null device
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#4115: grep and null device |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:34:57 +0300 |
> From: "shippeys" <theshippeys@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:53:05 +0100
Please use Reply-All, to let the bug-tracker archive all the
discussion.
> > > grep: NUL: No such file or directory
> >
> > Does Cygwin support NUL as the Windows null device? If not, that's
> > your problem.
> >
>
> Yes - Would it be the grep.el code that gets confused and picks NUL?
You are using a native Windows port of Emacs. NUL is the standard
name of the null device on that system. Why do you think it gets
confused?
> AIUI the null device is only there to make sure the grep call doesn't hang
> if you forget to pass it files to search. It seems a lot of pain for a
> marginal benefit!
I don't know yet why null device is there. Seeing the command line
would help.
bug#4115: marked as done (grep and null device), Emacs bug Tracking System, 2009/08/12