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Re: /dev/null caused backups to fail

2004-06-07 10:53:56
Subject: Re: /dev/null caused backups to fail
From: pll+amanda AT permabit DOT com
To: Paul Bijnens <paul.bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 10:49:20 -0400
In a message dated: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:15:47 +0200
Paul Bijnens said:

>Besides the fact that a LOT of programs will fail mysteriously when
>/dev/null has been tampered with, here is a patch for sendsize.c .

Thanks!

>ps. Ever replaced /dev/null with a plain file by accident?  :-)

Mmmmm, can I plead the 5th ? ;)

>PPS. patch not tested to verify it it really detects the problem  :-)

Thanks for the warning :)
-- 
Seeya,
Paul

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