0000134: Wording problem in description of /dev/null

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000134	1003.1(2008)/Issue 7	Base Definitions and Headers	public	2009-08-21 08:40	2013-04-16 13:06

Reporter	geoffclare	Assigned To	ajosey
Priority	normal	Severity	Editorial	Type	Error
Status	Closed	Resolution	Accepted

Name	Geoff Clare
Organization	The Open Group
User Reference
Section	10.1
Page Number	197
Line Number	6402
Interp Status	---
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0000134: Wording problem in description of /dev/null
Description	The description of /dev/null is: "An infinite data source and data sink. Data written to /dev/null shall be discarded. Reads from /dev/null shall always return end-of-file (EOF)." The first sentence is not quite right. If, as the last sentence says (and as occurs in practice), reads from /dev/null always return end-of-file, then /dev/null would more correctly be described as an empty data source, not an infinite one.
Desired Action	Change "An infinite data source and data sink." to "An empty data source and infinite data sink."
Tags	tc1-2008

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	New Issue
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Status	New => Under Review
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Assigned To	=> ajosey
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Name	=> Geoff Clare
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Organization	=> The Open Group
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Section	=> 10.1
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Page Number	=> 197
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Line Number	=> 6402
2009-08-21 08:40	geoffclare	Interp Status	=> ---
2009-08-27 15:34	ajosey	Status	Under Review => Resolved
2009-08-27 15:34	ajosey	Resolution	Open => Accepted
2010-08-27 13:14	ajosey	Tag Attached: tc1-2008
2013-04-16 13:06	ajosey	Status	Resolved => Closed