# HG changeset patch
# User mpm@selenic.com
# Date 1119682694 28800
# Node ID 9ae0034f2772be63c24b511202aa8af49486304d
# Parent  6409d9a0df43abaa69c34b35d460b89407cf2f64
[PATCH] /dev/null for other OS

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[PATCH] /dev/null for other OS

From: K Thananchayan <thananck@yahoo.com>

Null device name is platform dependent. Introduce util.nulldev
- - platform dependent constant and use it instead of '/dev/null'

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diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1, *patches, 
     
     d = opts["base"]
     strip = opts["strip"]
-    quiet = ui.quiet and "> /dev/null" or ""
 
     for patch in patches:
         ui.status("applying %s\n" % patch)
diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ def rename(src, dst):
 
 # Platfor specific varients
 if os.name == 'nt':
+    nulldev = 'NUL:'
+
     def is_exec(f, last):
         return last
 
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
 
     def readlock(pathname):
         return file(pathname).read()
+
 else:
+    nulldev = '/dev/null'
+
     def is_exec(f, last):
         return (os.stat(f).st_mode & 0100 != 0)
 
@@ -57,5 +62,3 @@ else:
 
     def readlock(pathname):
         return os.readlink(pathname)
-
-
diff --git a/mercurial/version.py b/mercurial/version.py
--- a/mercurial/version.py
+++ b/mercurial/version.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import os
 import os.path
 import re
 import time
+import util
 
 unknown_version = 'unknown'
 remembered_version = False
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ def remember_version(version=None):
     """Store version information."""
     global remembered_version
     if not version and os.path.isdir(".hg"):
-        f = os.popen("hg identify 2>/dev/null")  # use real hg installation
+        f = os.popen("hg identify 2> %s" % util.nulldev)  # use real hg installation
         ident = f.read()[:-1]
         if not f.close() and ident:
             ids = ident.split(' ', 1)