drmatt wrote: > Ok, it seems cp is too dumb to not write. I don't see how there's anything dumb about this. The whole point of Unix is that it's built from lots of uncomplicated components (that you might like to classify as "dumb"), and it's the way you combine them that results in "clever" outcomes.
cp has no knowledge of what /dev/null is. As far as cp is concerned, it's copying a file there, and it's the operating system's device handler that knows /dev/null is special and to just chuck away all data piped to it. Imagine how tiresome it would be for application developers if every program had to independently recognise the special case of its output being sent to /dev/null. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106375 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
