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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "full",
    "section": "4",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/full/4/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T20:10:00Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "full - always full device\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "CONFIGURATION": {
            "content": "If  your system does not have /dev/full created already, it can be created with the following\ncommands:\n\nmknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7\nchown root:root /dev/full\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The file /dev/full has major device number 1 and minor device number 7.\n\nWrites to the /dev/full device fail with an ENOSPC error.  This can be used  to  test  how  a\nprogram handles disk-full errors.\n\nReads from the /dev/full device will return \\0 characters.\n\nSeeks on /dev/full will always succeed.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/dev/full\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "mknod(1), null(4), zero(4)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "COLOPHON": {
            "content": "This  page  is  part  of  release  5.10 of the Linux man-pages project.  A description of the\nproject, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be  found\nat https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.\n\n\n\nLinux                                        2019-03-06                                      FULL(4)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "full - always full device",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "mknod",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mknod/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "null",
            "section": "4",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/null/4/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "zero",
            "section": "4",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/zero/4/json"
        }
    ]
}