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.TH FULL 4 2007-11-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
full \- always full device
.SH CONFIGURATION
-If your system does not have \fI/dev/full\fP created already, it
+If your system does not have
+.I /dev/full
+created already, it
can be created with the following commands:
.nf
chown root:root /dev/full
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-File \fI/dev/full\fP has major device number 1
+File
+.I /dev/full
+has major device number 1
and minor device number 7.
.LP
-Writes to the \fI/dev/full\fP device will fail with an
+Writes to the
+.I /dev/full
+device will fail with an
.B ENOSPC
error.
This can be used to test how a program handles disk-full errors.
-Reads from the \fI/dev/full\fP device will return \\0 characters.
+Reads from the
+.I /dev/full
+device will return \\0 characters.
-Seeks on \fI/dev/full\fP will always succeed.
+Seeks on
+.I /dev/full
+will always succeed.
.SH FILES
/dev/full
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mknod (1),
.BR null (4),
.BR zero (4)
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.79 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.