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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-24 04:52:22 +0000 |
| commit | 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 (patch) | |
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| parent | Adding debian version 6.7-2. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/man4/full.4 b/man/man4/full.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9ccadd --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man4/full.4 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.\" This man-page is Copyright (C) 1997 John S. Kallal +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" correction, aeb, 970825 +.TH full 4 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.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) |