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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:50:17 -0500
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:43:14 +0000
Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:40:34AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> > Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:57:37AM +0900, FURUKAWA Jumpei wrote:
> > > 
> > > > @@ -5679,7 +5679,7 @@
> > > >  	</listitem>
> > > > =20
> > > >  	<listitem>
> > > > -	  <para>Make a <devicename>dev/null</devicename> that
> > > > +	  <para>Make a <devicename>/dev/null</devicename> that
> > > >  	    <application>named</application> can see and write to:</para>
> > > 
> > > This one is not an error.
> > 
> > I would have made the same mistake.
> > 
> > Why is "dev/null" not an error?  (for my own knowledge, at least).
> 
> The sentence is talking about /etc/namedb/dev/null, not /dev/null.  It
> could arguably be changed to "Make a null device", which may be clearer.

Perhaps:

Create a null device in /etc/namedb that named can see and write to:

-- 
Tom Rhodes