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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man4/null.4 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/null.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/null.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6135e92d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/null.4 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: null.4,v 1.5 2019/08/31 16:26:24 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: null.4,v 1.3 1994/11/30 16:22:29 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)null.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 31 2019 $ +.Dt NULL 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm null +.Nd the null device +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file, +but throws it away. +The length of the +.Nm +device is always zero. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/null +.It Pa /dev/null +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr zero 4 +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +first appeared in +.At v4 +as an empty file, +.Pa /dev/null , +which returned end of file when being read from. +An implementation which could also be written to first appeared in +.At v5 . |
