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Re: {varname} redirection for a command or group leaves the file open
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Pierre Gaston |
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Re: {varname} redirection for a command or group leaves the file open |
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Sat, 20 May 2017 08:16:50 +0300 |
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 5:38 AM, Eduardo Bustamante <dualbus@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:32 PM, <tetsujin@scope-eye.net> wrote:
> [...]
> > I'd really like to see Bash get on the right side of this issue - and
> > the sooner the better.
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> There is no right side. Only two opposing viewpoints. I don't think
> it's enough to justify the change breaking backwards compatibility.
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> Maybe, but I somehow feel it would rather fix fds leaking out there than
break something.