From: Frank Schaefer <frank.schafer@setuza.cz>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/zero
Date: 12 Apr 2002 09:19:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1018595942.2918.2.camel@ADMIN> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F19vSvGLmUwJ21DnxDD00014fbb@hotmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-12 7:19 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 ` Frank Schaefer [this message]
2002-04-12 7:26 ` /dev/zero Rowan Ingvar Wilson
2002-04-12 8:08 ` /dev/zero Samuel Maftoul
2002-04-12 15:12 ` /dev/zero Guillaume Gimenez
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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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