FULL Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (4) Updated: August 2, 2025 Index   NAME full - always full device   DESCRIPTION File /dev/full has major device number 1 and minor device number 7. Writes to the /dev/full device will fail with an ENOSPC error. Reads from the /dev/full device will return \0 characters. Seeks on /dev/full will always succeed.   CONFIGURING If your system does not have /dev/full created already, it can be created with the following commands: mknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7 chown root:root /dev/full   FILES /dev/full   SEE ALSO   Index NAME DESCRIPTION CONFIGURING FILES SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 12:11:42 GMT, March 24, 2025