misc/152485: /dev/null seek offset is not reported correctly
Alexander Best
arundel at freebsd.org
Wed Dec 15 16:20:14 UTC 2010
The following reply was made to PR misc/152485; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alexander Best <arundel at freebsd.org>
To: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: misc/152485: /dev/null seek offset is not reported correctly
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:17:41 +0000
the null(4) manual page states that the length of the null device is always
zero, so there's no need to seek into the file really.
however you might want to post a mail to freebsd-hackers@, if you think this
should be changed. maybe some developers share your point of view.
cheers.
alex
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