Could you not just use Stream.Null? Alan.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:47 PM, muhr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all > > I'm trying to open "/dev/null" with a FileStream object, like this: > > new FileStream("/dev/null", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write); > > but I keep getting IOExceptions because of a file sharing violation. The > exact text is "Sharing violation on path /dev/null". I've tried several > combinations of FileMode, FileAccess and FileShare flags in the constructor > of FileStream, but all give the same error. > > Is it not possible to open /dev/null with a FileStream for writing or am I > just using the wrong combination of flags? > > Btw. I am trying this under 64bit Linux using Mono 2.6.3 in case it's > important. > > Best regards, > Markus > > -- > View this message in context: > http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Opening-dev-null-using-FileStream-tp2134314p2134314.html > Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
