tOn Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 01:53:01PM +0100, Solene Rapenne wrote:
> A common mistake when using dd is to create a file in /dev which
> fills up the space of / and may stay silent until / gets filled up
> by something else that will fail.
>
> Would it be OK to add this in /etc/daily?
>
> find /dev -type f ! -name MAKEDEV -delete
>
> AFAIK /dev should have only MAKEDEV as a regular file.
> hier(7) says /dev only have block and character devices
> with the exception of MAKEDEV.
>
reporting is good, but deleting not.
-Otto
