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From: mechjgh@tness1.UUCP (8753)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: /dev/null: The final frontier
Message-ID: <192@tness1.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-May-87 10:35:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: tness1.192
Posted: Sat May 16 10:35:42 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 17-May-87 11:46:29 EDT
References: <100@upas.UUCP>
Organization: Southwestern Bell, Texas
Lines: 11
Summary: bit bucket

In article <100@upas.UUCP>, rcw@upas.UUCP (Robert White) writes:
> 
> this line == can of raid
  
> Where do the bytes go when moved or copied to /dev/null?
> Does the machine dissipate the data as heat?
> How does a null device driver work?

They go into a bit bucket.

You mean your system administrator hasn't emptied it lately? :-)