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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:25:46 -0600
From:      "Nicpon, John" <John.Nicpon@SouthTrust.com>
To:        "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Unix Philosophers Please!
Message-ID:  <2AACFCDB6086274CA42D44085EF1BAA2293FF4@msm-001.msg.stcorp.com>

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<ethers>Where does data go when it dies?</ethers>

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Reichert [mailto:reichert@numachi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:08 PM
To: Nicpon, John
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Unix Philosophers Please!


On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 03:02:59PM -0600, Nicpon, John wrote:
> Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null

How 'specific' are you trying to get?  /dev/null is a pseudo-device
to which writes never fail.

What question are you _really_ trying to ask?

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