more unix jokes - /dev/null

[Rob ten Kroode]

In article <1414 at star.cs.vu.nl> maart at cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
#If one wants to run a command with output getting discarded, the obvious
#solution is:
#
#	command > /dev/null
#
#But what would you do if you happened to have no such device? :-)

This is impossible, you need the bitbucket for byte allocation, remember?

#-- 
#    Alles klar,                       |Maarten Litmaath @ Free U Amsterdam:
#                   Herr Kommissar?    |maart at cs.vu.nl, mcvax!botter!maart

Jawohl!

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