"root" (/) file system

In addition, it:

• Is optimized for stream file input and output.
• Supports multiple hard links and symbolic links.
• Supports local sockets.
• Supports threadsafe APIs.
• Supports *FIFO objects.
• Supports the /dev/null and /dev/zero *CHRSF objects as well as other *CHRSF objects.
• Supports the journaling of object changes.
• Supports the scanning of objects using the integrated file system scan-related exit points.

The root (/) file system has support for the character special files (*CHRSF) called /dev/null and /dev/zero. Character special files are associated with a device or resource of a computer system. They have path names that appear in directories and have the same access protection as regular files. The /dev/null or /dev/zero character special files are always empty, and any data written to /dev/null or /dev/zero is discarded. The files /dev/null and /dev/zero have an object type of *CHRSF and can be used like regular files, except that no data is ever read in the/dev/null file, and the /dev/zero file always returns successfully with the data cleared to zeros.