> >Hi! > >---- > >Is there a way to detect whether a fd refers to "/dev/null" based on the >return values of |stat()| ?
Sure, stat("/dev/null") and compare the fields:
st_mode (the type of the file, must be a char device)
st_rdev (the major, minor of the device), note: "st_*r*dev", not
st_dev.
Casper
