Re: leaks fd for internal functions but not external command

[Greg Wooledge]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:40:03PM +0100, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> Is using {xxx}>... suppose to give me a file handle I can use as I wish (as
> you say), or not?
> 
> Using explicit descriptors e.g. 10>... behaves consistently whether the the
> command is internal or external.
> 
> Having bash allocate the descriptor is not consistent.
> 
> Sam

I'm getting major deja vu here.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-11/msg00082.html