Re: env+nice, one bug fix, two test corrections

[Pádraig Brady]

Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
> 
>> +if test -w /dev/full && test -c /dev/full; then
> 
> just a side note:
> /dev/full seems to be broken on some (old?) kernels:
> 
>   $ ls -l /dev/full
>   crw--w--w- 1 root root 1, 7 2009-08-17 09:55 /dev/full
>   $ uname -a
>   Linux linx2 2.6.16.60-0.23-smp #1 SMP Thu May 15 06:38:31 UTC 2008 i686 
> i686 i386
>   $ echo "Hello world" > /dev/full

That's surprising. It's not as if that device has a lot to do :)
Perhaps it's an issue with bash? Could you run:

env printf "hello\n" >/dev/full && echo "/dev/full is not full"

cheers,
Pádraig.