[erlang-questions] How can I close standard input output streams and check for errors in Erlang?

[Michael Loftis]

I've been using unix and Linux for well over a decade at this
point...and I've *never* heard of /dev/full, null, yes, full, no.  If
it doesn't exist and you're not running as root, your *shell* is going
to error out before erlang is even started because it won't be able to
open the device, or create it.