Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!mcnc!rti!sas!sasgkh From: sasgkh@sas.UUCP (Ken Howell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: magical mystery /dev/null Message-ID: <728@sas.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 19:34:57 GMT References: <15397@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: sasgkh@sas.UUCP (Ken Howell) Organization: SAS Institute Inc, Cary NC Lines: 16 In article <15397@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> cdaf@iuvax.UUCP (Charles Daffinger) writes: > >On my machine (SR 9.7) I've accidently blasted /dev/null, >and would like to know how to re-create it. Mknod Try the following Aegis commands: dlf /dev/null (if it exists) crf /dev/null obty /dev/null null This will create a zero length file and give it the appropriate type. -- Ken Howell ...!mcnc!rti!sas!sasgkh