TLUtils::check_on_working_mirror creates nul file on Windows

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Karl,

On Wed, 09 Feb 2022, Karl Berry wrote:
> -  my $cmd = "$wget $mirror/ --timeout=$NetworkTimeout -O "
> -            . (win32() ? "nul" : "/dev/null")
> -            . " 2>" . (win32() ? "nul" : "/dev/null");
> +  my $cmd = "$wget $mirror/ --timeout=$NetworkTimeout -O -"
> +            . "  >" . (TeXLive::TLUtils::nulldev())
> +            . " 2>" . (TeXLive::TLUtils::nulldev());

Interesting ... I thought we have used this since ages and
	-O nul
works on Windows ...

Siep, anyone on Windows, can you confirm that a "nul" file is generated
when calling wget -O nul ... ?

Very peculiar, but since it is Windows, nothing new.

Best

Norbert

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