Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:30:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham <lplist@q.closedsrc.org> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: "'mhjoshi@att.net'" <mhjoshi@att.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Unix questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007170820211.8472-100000@q.closedsrc.org> In-Reply-To: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313F8@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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/dev/zero returns zero, but /dev/null returns the char \0 (the null char) // Linh Pham // // Proud supporter of FreeBSD and OpenBSD // FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org // OpenBSD - http://www.openbsd.org /* "Oregon, n.: Eighty billion gallons of water with no place to go on Saturday night." */ On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) wrote: > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: mhjoshi@att.net [mailto:mhjoshi@att.net] > >Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:57 AM > >To: questions@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: Unix questions > > > >2. What directory is known as "bin bucket in the sky." > > I believe you would be refering to /dev/null - anything put in there > dissapears into computer limbo and anything that reads from /dev/null is > always zero > > >5. If unmask is 022, the the following commands are > >executed. > >mkdir cat > >cat refer.txt > newpermiss > >what permissions will cat and newpremiss will have? > > The files will have mode 755 on creation. > > full access --> 777 > minus umask --> 022 > --------------------- > permision --> 755 > > Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but this is it to the best of my > understanding > > Gene Dinkey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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