full(4)

the full device

NAME

full – the full device

DESCRIPTION

The full device supplies an endless stream of zeros when read. However, it will always be full when writing to it.

FILES

/dev/full

SEE ALSO

null(4), zero(4)

AUTHORS

This device and man page was written by Eitan Adler ⟨[email protected]⟩.

History

FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27) to FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE: the text shown here
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