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+.\" This man-page is Copyright (C) 1997 John S. Kallal
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
+.\"
+.\" correction, aeb, 970825
+.TH full 4 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.06"
+.SH NAME
+full \- always full device
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+If your system does not have
+.I /dev/full
+created already, it
+can be created with the following commands:
+.P
+.in +4n
+.EX
+mknod \-m 666 /dev/full c 1 7
+chown root:root /dev/full
+.EE
+.in
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The file
+.I /dev/full
+has major device number 1
+and minor device number 7.
+.P
+Writes to the
+.I /dev/full
+device fail with an
+.B ENOSPC
+error.
+This can be used to test how a program handles disk-full errors.
+.P
+Reads from the
+.I /dev/full
+device will return \e0 characters.
+.P
+Seeks on
+.I /dev/full
+will always succeed.
+.SH FILES
+.I /dev/full
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR mknod (1),
+.BR null (4),
+.BR zero (4)