full - always full device


DESCRIPTION

       File  /dev/full has major device number 1 and minor device
       number 7.

       Writes to the /dev/full device will fail  with  an  ENOSPC
       error.

       Reads from the /dev/full device will return \0 characters.

       Seeks on /dev/full will always succeed.


CONFIGURING

       If your system does not have /dev/full created already, it
       can be created with the following commands:

               mknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7
               chown root:root /dev/full


FILES

       /dev/full


SEE ALSO

       mknod(1), null(4), zero(4)


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