# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 897360761 0
# Node ID 9a8440593987a33f4b102f7e9f29e985067707b5
# Parent  9862ae4f05a7d859fcab989176406b59893af54d
(null-device): New variable.

diff -r 9862ae4f05a7 -r 9a8440593987 lisp/files.el
--- a/lisp/files.el	Tue Jun 09 02:52:12 1998 +0000
+++ b/lisp/files.el	Tue Jun 09 02:52:41 1998 +0000
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@
 	  (or (getenv "TMPDIR") (getenv "TMP") (getenv "TEMP") "/tmp"))))
   "The directory for writing temporary files.")
 
+;; The system null device. (Should reference NULL_DEVICE from C.)
+(defvar null-device "/dev/null" "The system null device.")
+
 ;; This hook function provides support for ange-ftp host name
 ;; completion.  It runs the usual ange-ftp hook, but only for
 ;; completion operations.  Having this here avoids the need