Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:19:50 +0530 From: "Sunil Sunder Raj" <unixtools@hotmail.com> To: LConrad@Go2France.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't pipe to /dev/null ? Message-ID: <F100XnbnCndg5oQJgAG0000d159@hotmail.com>
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Hi, Did you try devnull: |> /dev/null Cheers SSR >From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: can't pipe to /dev/null ? >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:20:35 -0600 > >in /etc/aliases: > >devnull: |/dev/null > >and: > ># ll /dev/null >crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Mar 19 11:13 /dev/null > >but: > >Mar 19 10:55:08 img10 postfix/local[41744]: 671235621: >to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=1, status=bounced (Command >died with status 1: "/dev/null") > >... is fixed with: > >devnull: |cat>/dev/null > >.... which gives: > >Mar 19 11:13:51 img10 postfix/local[43231]: E5C4A5623: >to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to >command: cat) > >Mar 19 11:13:51 img10 postfix/local[43231]: E5C4A5623: >to=<devnull@img10.xxx.net>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to >file: /dev/null) > >Piping into /dev/null has worked in the past, wondering why the cat command >has become necessary? > >Len > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________ >MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Austin; Chicago; San Jose; Toronto >IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, 95+% effective, free > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________
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