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Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:37:48 -0500
- Subject: Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- References: <5590179202C1488BBE99F7A9A80D1566@SonyPC> <AANLkTimhQf-3OrZ4JU33kK8E8V=_Ja6Of0QY2pJG3qxW@mail.gmail.com> <4CA581FD.8030207@lysator.liu.se> <loom.20101115T060338-689@post.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 05:11:46AM +0000, TryingToHelp wrote:
>This is a known DOS/Windows bug. I'm fairly sure that DOS used NUL as a null
>device, and that Windows kept it around (not sure why, guess it's for
>backward-compatibility).
This thread is more than a month old. There is no reason to resurrect it.
cgf
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