On 29 July 2013 14:40, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote: > cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ast-users] Passing a file descriptor to a child process? > -------- > > >> ksh93 uses O_CLOEXEC to avoid passing all its file descriptors to a >> child process. That is IMO a good thing (clean!). >> >> However, is there a way to pass a file descriptor to a child process? >> >> Tina >> -- >> Tina Harriott - Women in Mathematics >> Contact: [email protected] >> > > Yes, run > any_command {fd}< foobar > > to open foobar for reading and pass it to an_command. > exec {fd}< foobar > will open it only in the shell environment
How can I keep the fd open for multiple commands in a sequence? Tina -- Tina Harriott - Women in Mathematics Contact: [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
