Hey everyone, hope I'm asking in the right channel...

# stdlib

[Daniel Cordell]

Hey everyone, hope I'm asking in the right channel. Does there exist a standard multiplatform way to get the 'null' file i.e. /dev/null or NUL? Something like python's os.devnull.

[hho]

AFAIK there is nothing in the Kotlin stdlib. And I also don't know of anything in Java either 😞

[hho]

val File.nullDevice: File
		get() {
			val isWindows = System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows", true)
			return File(if (isWindows) "NUL" else "/dev/null")
		}

[hho]

🤷

[Daniel Cordell]

Thanks 🙂