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.\" correction, aeb, 970825
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.TH FULL 4 1997-08-02 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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full \- always full device
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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File \fI/dev/full\fP has major device number 1
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and minor device number 7.
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.LP
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Writes to the \fI/dev/full\fP device will fail with an ENOSPC error.
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Reads from the \fI/dev/full\fP device will return \\0 characters.
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Seeks on \fI/dev/full\fP will always succeed.
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.SH CONFIGURING
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If your system does not have \fI/dev/full\fP created already, it
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can be created with the following commands:
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.nf
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2005-07-06 12:57:38 +00:00
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mknod \-m 666 /dev/full c 1 7
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chown root:root /dev/full
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.fi
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.SH FILES
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/dev/full
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR mknod (1),
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.BR null (4),
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.BR zero (4)
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