Re: Need blocking /dev/null

[Marko Rauhamaa]

> > I noticed that I need a pseudodevice that opens normally but blocks all
> > reads (and writes). The only way out would be through a signal. Neither
> 
> Try using a pipe

You're right. This is what I wanted to do:

   while true
   do
       ssh -R a:b:c host
       sleep 10
   done </dev/never >/dev/null

But I could do it like this:

   while true
   do
       sleep 100000
   done |
   while true
   do
       ssh -R a:b:c host
       sleep 10
   done >/dev/null

Thank you.

Marko

PS Are /dev/null and /dev/zero also redundant?

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