Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:20:35 -0600 From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: can't pipe to /dev/null ? Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030319111153.02415060@mail.go2france.com>
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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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