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Peter Stephenson <pws@ifh.de> writes:

> I earnestly hope some workaround at least for /dev/null can be found.

Yes!  /dev/null is important; I think it's vital that >/dev/null and
>&/dev/null work, even if it has to be done using an explicit check
hack.