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This is a long standing quibble. Technically, /dev/null already exists and you can't really place any files in it. You can just write to it. So, the -f option is needed. The quibble is that xrdcp should recognize /dev/null as a special file and not require the -f option. Andy On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Viesturs Veckalns wrote: > Well, then I am surprised that the file already exists in the directory /dev/null > Viesturs > > --- > Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: > https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/284#issuecomment-137594845 --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/284#issuecomment-137595257 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1