null(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual null(4)
NAME
null -- the null device
DESCRIPTION
The null device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing) file
- but throws it away. The length of the null device is always zero.
FILES
/dev/null
HISTORY
A null device appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 5, 1993 BSD
Mac OS X 10.5.3 - Generated Wed May 28 13:21:47 CDT 2008