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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:43:14 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/60048: [patch] small correction to advanced-network/chapter.sgml
Message-ID:  <20031208164314.GJ2107@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <3FD4A982.1070203@potentialtech.com>
References:  <200312081610.hB8GAKpk034558@freefall.freebsd.org> <3FD4A982.1070203@potentialtech.com>

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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:
> >=20
> > > @@ -5679,7 +5679,7 @@
> > >  	</listitem>
> > > =3D20
> > >  	<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>
> >=20
> > This one is not an error.
>=20
> I would have made the same mistake.
>=20
> 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.

Ceri

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