diff -r 6409d9a0df43 -r 9ae0034f2772 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Fri Jun 24 22:51:39 2005 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Fri Jun 24 22:58:14 2005 -0800
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 # Platfor specific varients
 if os.name == 'nt':
+    nulldev = 'NUL:'
+
     def is_exec(f, last):
         return last
 
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@
 
     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 @@
 
     def readlock(pathname):
         return os.readlink(pathname)
-
-