NULL(4) BSD Programmer's Manual NULL(4) NNAAMMEE nnuullll - the null device DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The nnuullll device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file - but throws it away. The length of the nnuullll device is always zero. FFIILLEESS /dev/null HHIISSTTOORRYY A nnuullll device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. 4.4BSD June 5, 1993 1