Can't I get a /dev/one?

Mike Fedyk mfedyk at matchmail.com
Wed Jul 14 02:15:30 UTC 2004


Jim Higson wrote:

>On Wednesday 14 July 2004 00:02, William M. Quarles wrote:
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>>Okay, so there is a /dev/zero.  Shouldn't there be a /dev/one, too?  Is
>>there any way that I can fill a file or device full of ones?
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>Btw, why do you want this?
>
Yeah, just run badblocks -w on the drive and be done with it... ;)





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