Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:33:06 +0200 From: "Nikolay Y. Orlyuk" <nikolay@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't pipe to /dev/null ? Message-ID: <20030319173306.GB99728@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030319111153.02415060@mail.go2france.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030319111153.02415060@mail.go2france.com>
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:20:35AM -0600, Len Conrad wrote: > in /etc/aliases: > > devnull: |/dev/null > > and: > > # ll /dev/null > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Mar 19 11:13 /dev/null > > but: > > Mar 19 10:55:08 img10 postfix/local[41744]: 671235621: > to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=1, status=bounced (Command > died with status 1: "/dev/null") > > ... is fixed with: > > devnull: |cat>/dev/null > > .... which gives: > > Mar 19 11:13:51 img10 postfix/local[43231]: E5C4A5623: > to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to > command: cat) > > Mar 19 11:13:51 img10 postfix/local[43231]: E5C4A5623: > to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to > file: /dev/null) > > Piping into /dev/null has worked in the past, wondering why the cat command > has become necessary? Maybe because is match piping to program not file? I think variant with cat is better, if you want without it better will be devnull: /dev/null > > -- With best wishes Nikolay mail: nikolay@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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