[EXT] Re: TLUtils::check_on_working_mirror creates nul file on Windows

[Jan Netík]

Interestingly, under Windows 11, when I run `wget ctan.org -O nul` in CMD
with wget.exe shipped with texlive, I got no nul file. JN

čt 10. 2. 2022 v 10:25 odesílatel Philip Taylor (Royal Holloway) <
P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk> napsal:

> On 10/02/2022 00:38, Norbert Preining wrote:
> > ..
> > Siep, anyone on Windows, can you confirm that a "nul" file is generated
> > when calling wget -O nul ... ?
>
> Not here, not under Windows 7.  But I believe that the "null" device
> should actually be specified as "nul:", not just "nul".  As in "con:".
> etc. Maybe try adding the colon.
>
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