Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!udel!mmdf From: HELMER%SDNET.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu (Guy Helmer) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: /dev/null in Minix 1.3 Message-ID: <18082@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 20 Jun 89 15:34:25 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 9 Does someone know where I can find the patch for the null device (/dev/null) in Minix 1.3? I'm referring to the problem where cat /dev/null > a_file does not result in a file with 0 bytes, but a file that grows until you kill the cat command. Thanks in advance. -- Guy Helmer BITNET: HELMER@SDNET Dakota State College (11 days to being a University!!!) Madison, SD AT&T: (605) 256-5315