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    [–] m_f@midwest.social 20 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    I was also curious, here's a good answer:

    https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/670199/how-is-dev-null-implemented

    The implementation is:

    static ssize_t write_null(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
    {
        return count;
    }
    
    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    So it's basically doing nothing and lying about it. 😆

    [–] taldennz@lemmy.nz 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    "I accepted all of the bytes you gave me. I didn't do anything with them, but I accept you gave them to me".

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Could've at least say thank you...

    [–] taldennz@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    It's open source. If manners are an important feature to you perhaps look into contributing... :)

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah, that could actually be fun to be honest, lol 😂. But I just know the PR would be rejected, lol 😂.

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