On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:20:35AM -0600, Len Conrad wrote: > 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=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 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=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered to > command: cat) > > Mar 19 11:13:51 img10 postfix/local[43231]: E5C4A5623: > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 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? Maybe because is match piping to program not file? I think variant with cat is better, if you want without it better will be devnull: /dev/null > >
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