Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:16:01 +0100 From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Emptying the "bit bucket" Message-ID: <LccYjbAxSgj1Ew0D@i-zone.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199806220459.OAA17010@mail.wr.com.au> References: <199806220459.OAA17010@mail.wr.com.au>
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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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