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From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: misc/152485: /dev/null seek offset is not reported correctly
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The following reply was made to PR misc/152485; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: misc/152485: /dev/null seek offset is not reported correctly
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:17:41 +0000

 the null(4) manual page states that the length of the null device is always
 zero, so there's no need to seek into the file really.
 
 however you might want to post a mail to freebsd-hackers@, if you think this
 should be changed. maybe some developers share your point of view.
 
 cheers.
 alex
 
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