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Re: [PATCH] Fix process substitution with named pipes.
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix process substitution with named pipes. |
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Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:45:18 -0400 |
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On 10/31/13, 11:46 AM, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
> When /dev/fd is missing, and named pipes are used instead (like on AIX),
> this snippet sometimes does work right, wrong, or hang - depending on
> the operating system's process scheduler timing:
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> for x in {0..9}; do echo $x; done > >(
> cnt=0; while read line; do let cnt=cnt+1; done; echo $cnt
> )
Thanks for the report and fix. This is a long-standing problem, since the
code has been like this for at least three years (as far back as I looked).
Chet
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