.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\"
.\"	@(#)null.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93
.\"
.Dd 
.Dt NULL 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm null
.Nd the null device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
device accepts and reads data as any ordinary (and willing)
file \-
but throws it away. The length of the
.Nm null
device is always zero.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/null
.It Pa /dev/null
.El
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
device appeared in
.At v7 .