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FULL(4) | Linux Programmer's Manual | FULL(4) |
NAME¶
full - always full deviceCONFIGURATION¶
If your system does not have /dev/full created already, it can be created with the following commands:mknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7 chown root:root /dev/full
DESCRIPTION¶
File /dev/full has major device number 1 and minor device number 7. Writes to the /dev/full device will fail with an ENOSPC error. This can be used to test how a program handles disk-full errors.FILES¶
/dev/fullSEE ALSO¶
mknod(1), null(4), zero(4)COLOPHON¶
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