nullfile
Name the null file

### Description

Returns the name of the pseudo-file that ignores all data sent to it and signals end-of-file to every read request.

### Usage

    nullfile()

### Details

The null file is not a real file but has the interfaces of one. All data written to the null file are silently ignored. All requests to read from the null file return an end-of-file indicator and no data data is returned from the read request.
Value
returns a character string specifying the name of the null file: "nul" on Windows and "/dev/null" on Unix-like operating systems.
Examples

    sink(nullfile())
    1:10000
    sink()
    4:1

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