Nicpon, John wrote:
> Please specifically define where data goes that is sent to /dev/null
>
Without actually looking at the code, the generic definition of /dev/null goes
something to the effect of:
----
open /dev/null
while(1)
{
select on /dev/null
read byte from /dev/null
}
----
So basically, it just reads what is there, but does absolutely nothing with it.
jim
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