From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:52:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (null-device): New variable.
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(null-device): New variable.
---

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 2db3657f2d5..63bab564651 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ and ignores this variable."
 	  (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