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27.Dd March 29, 2014
28.Dt FULL 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm full
32.Nd the full device
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Nm
36device supplies an endless stream of zeros when read.
37However, it will always be full when writing to it.
38.Sh FILES
39.Bl -tag -width /dev/full
40.It Pa /dev/full
41.El
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr null 4 ,
44.Xr zero 4
45.Sh Author
46This device and man page was written by
47.An Eitan Adler Aq Mt eadler@FreeBSD.org .
48