From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Sep 24 12:15:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA24477 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:15:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nu.binary.net (nu.binary.net [12.13.120.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA24469 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 12:15:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nathan@matrix.binary.net) Received: from matrix.binary.net (nathan@matrix.binary.net [12.13.120.2]) by nu.binary.net (8.9.1a/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA01625 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 14:14:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from nathan@localhost) by matrix.binary.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id OAA14698; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 14:14:59 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980924151459.A14371@binary.net> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:14:59 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /dev/null breakage in 2.2.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org in 2.2.7-S (shortly past 2.2.7-R), reading /dev/null begins producing the output of this cron job: */10 * * * * root /home/nathan/pop3ck mail xxxxxxxxxx@alphame.com 3 > /dev/null 2>&1 nathan@shell.fcc.net:~% cat /dev/null Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx...connected. Read +OK. Writing nothing to /dev/null makes it work right again: shell# cat > /dev/null shell# cat /dev/null shell# Then, shell# echo foo > /dev/null shell# cat /dev/null foo shell# Is my bit bucket overflowing? :-P is this known/fixed in a newer -STABLE? -- ________________ ___________________________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \ / "`IE4 brings the web to UNIX'? *laughing* / nathan@rtfm.net \/ Isn't that similar to Ronald McDonald bringing / finger for PGP key \ religion to the pope?" -Jamie Bowden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message