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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:16:01 +0100
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From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Emptying the "bit bucket"
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In article <199806220459.OAA17010@mail.wr.com.au>, Gary Harris
<gharris@wr.com.au> writes
>
>
>    What exactly does "emptying the bit bucket" entail? I received 

>a message on 
>start-up asking me to do this.
>

Bizarre. Can you post the error message? The 'bit bucket' as it is
sometimes called, is /dev/null. It always returns 0 to a write.
Consequently, it is always 'empty'. 

       John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
 "Tough on causes and tough on the causes of causes"
                                        

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