> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:53:01 +0100 > From: Solene Rapenne <sol...@perso.pw> > > A common mistake when using dd is to create a file in /dev which > fills up the space of / and may stay silent until / gets filled up > by something else that will fail. > > Would it be OK to add this in /etc/daily? > > find /dev -type f ! -name MAKEDEV -delete > > AFAIK /dev should have only MAKEDEV as a regular file. > hier(7) says /dev only have block and character devices > with the exception of MAKEDEV.
Well, the man page is lying as /dev also contains: - sockets (/dev/log) - symlinks
