How to create /dev/full

[hashime]

Hello

I ran into a little problem with /dev/full.
Creating it with mknod does not work.

mknod /dev/full c 2 3
mknod: /dev/full: No such file or directory

I am running FreeBSD 10 RELEASE.

 

[Beastie]

1. /dev/* devices are automatically created so there's no need to run mknod(8) ("The mknod utility is deprecated on modern FreeBSD systems.")
2. /dev/full is a Linux-only device so far; it may be implemented in FreeBSD though

 

[hashime]

Ok, thank you, I didn't know that.
If I use programs which use /dev/full I am out of luck with FreeBSD for the moment, or is there a workaround?

 

[Juanitou]

Have you tried lindev(4)? Not tested myself. Also note its removal from CURRENT.

 

[Beastie]

If I use programs which use /dev/full I am out of luck with FreeBSD for the moment, or is there a workaround?

It depends whether your system is mission critical or not. If not, you could try using -CURRENT which includes the implementation mentioned above. Of course I have no idea how stable this implementation is (it's in HEAD after all).

 

[hashime]

I see, thanks for the input.