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Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- From: TryingToHelp <f000kdw at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:11:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Cygwin uninstall: Problem with /dev/nul
- References: <5590179202C1488BBE99F7A9A80D1566@SonyPC> <AANLkTimhQf-3OrZ4JU33kK8E8V=_Ja6Of0QY2pJG3qxW@mail.gmail.com> <4CA581FD.8030207@lysator.liu.se>
This is a known DOS/Windows bug. I'm fairly sure that DOS used NUL as a null
device, and that Windows kept it around (not sure why, guess it's for
backward-compatibility).
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