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Added in: v16.3.0, v14.18.0

v16.3.0, v14.18.0

Introduced in: v0.10.0

v0.10.0

Type:string

The platform-specific file path of the null device.

\\.\nul on Windows
/dev/null on POSIX

Previousos.cpus Nextos.endianness

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