On Thursday 12 Sep 2002 3:34 pm, Gary Stainburn wrote:
[snip]
> > for some reason, MS decided to implement using only one L in nul.
> >
> > $myoutput= `anycommand 2>nul`
>
> This is due to an early limitation in DOS where devices could not be 3
> letters, e.g. prn, con.

Sorry folks, that should have read:

This is due to an early limitation in DOS where devices could not be GREATER 
THAN 3 letters, e.g. prn, con.

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