on Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:11:14PM -0500, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:08:13AM -0800, Craig Hughes wrote: > > >Actually I like to think of the data going into /dev/null as being > > >recycled and coming out as /dev/zero and /dev/random. ;) > > > > Except only half the bits are recycled to /dev/zero, and most of the > > time it's very hard to get the original data back out of /dev/random > > (some exceptions if you pipe the complete works of shakespeare to > > /dev/null in an infinite universe). > > Exactly, most of the 0's have to goto /dev/zero but based on the usage > pattern of the two, some get to mix in with the 1s for /dev/random.
Yeah, good point. But the 1's all come out through /bin/true. -- hesketh.com/inc. v: (919) 834-2552 f: (919) 834-2554 w: http://hesketh.com The average person needs trepanation like he needs a hole in the head. -ca ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Razor-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/razor-users
