From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 22 07:46:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11494 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:46:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11479 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 07:45:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA11136; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:45:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id JAA00009; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:45:13 -0500 Message-ID: <19980622094512.39006@right.PCS> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:45:12 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: John Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Emptying the "bit bucket" References: <199806220459.OAA17010@mail.wr.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: ; from John on Jun 06, 1998 at 08:16:01AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Jun 06, 1998 at 08:16:01AM +0100, John wrote: > In article <199806220459.OAA17010@mail.wr.com.au>, Gary Harris > 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'. *snx* Was the following the "error message", by any chance? Overflow on /dev/null, please empty the bit bucket. If so, please see fortune(6). -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message