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4     zzeerroo - the zero-fill device
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7     The zzeerroo device reads as if an infinitely long file of zeros.  Like the
8     null(4) device, the zzeerroo device accepts and reads data as any ordinary
9     (and willing) file - but throws it away. The length of the zzeerroo device is
10     always zero.
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