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Re: Problem with open and rm


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Problem with open and rm
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:46:09 -0600
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On 03/16/2011 04:54 AM, Barrie Stott wrote:
> The script that follows is a cut down version of one that came from elsewhere.
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> cp /tmp/x.html /tmp/$$.html
> ls /tmp/$$.html
> [ "$DISPLAY" ] && open /tmp/$$.html
> ls /tmp/$$.html
> rm -f /tmp/$$.html

Instead of passing Safari the name of a temporary file, why not pass it
the name of a temporary pipe?  Does this work any better:

[ "$DISPLAY" ] && open <(cat /tmp/x.html)

at which point there's no temporary file to remove.

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Eric Blake   eblake@redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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