more unix jokes - /dev/null

[The Beach Bum]

In article <8572 at smoke.ARPA> gwyn at brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>In article <1247 at imagine.PAWL.RPI.EDU> kyriazis at turing.cs.rpi.edu (George Kyriazis) writes:
>>	command | vax
>
>No, the pipe will constipate since the "vax" command (equivalent to :)
>does not read its input.

No, the command will abort with SIGPIPE.  the vax command will exit,
leaving no reader on the pipe.  the first time command goes to write
to its stdout, a SIGPIPE will result.  (one may presume command will
eventually write, otherwise what was there to send to /dev/null?)
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John F. Haugh II (jfh at rpp386.Dallas.TX.US)                   HASA, "S" Division

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