Re: coprocess questions (manpage doesn't seem clear)

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/11/11 3:52 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> I was looking @ coprocess section in the manpage where it says that:
> 
>  NAME must not be supplied if command is a simple command.
>  For the coproc:
>    FH1(stdout) is put in NAME[0]
>    FH0(stdin)  is put in NAME[1]
>    PID is put in NAME_PID
> 
> Questions (Seems like these should be in manpage, in this section, or
> has this already been revised?):
> 
>  1) If Name isn't supplied, where does it put the handles & Pid?

The default name is COPROC.

>  2) Where does it put FH2 (stderr)?

It does not modify stderr, just as pipes do not.

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