Rollup merge of rust-lang#118060 - ChrisDenton:abs-device-path, r=thomcc

Use an absolute path to the NUL device

While a bare "NUL" *should* be redirected to the NUL device, especially in this simple case, let's be explicit that we aren't opening a file called "NUL" and instead open it directly.

This will also set a good example for people copying std code.

r? libs

Author: matthiaskrgr

std/src/sys/windows/process.rs

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ impl Stdio {
                 opts.read(stdio_id == c::STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
                 opts.write(stdio_id != c::STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
                 opts.security_attributes(&mut sa);
-                File::open(Path::new("NUL"), &opts).map(|file| file.into_inner())
+                File::open(Path::new(r"\\.\NUL"), &opts).map(|file| file.into_inner())
             }
         }
     }