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.\" correction, aeb, 970825
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.TH FULL 4 2019-03-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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full \- always full device
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.SH CONFIGURATION
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If your system does not have
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.I /dev/full
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created already, it
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can be created with the following commands:
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.PP
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.in +4n
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.EX
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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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.EE
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.in
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The file
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.I /dev/full
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has major device number 1
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and minor device number 7.
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.PP
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Writes to the
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.I /dev/full
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device fail with an
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.B ENOSPC
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error.
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This can be used to test how a program handles disk-full errors.
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.PP
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Reads from the
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.I /dev/full
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device will return \e0 characters.
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.PP
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Seeks on
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.I /dev/full
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will always succeed.
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.SH FILES
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.I /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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