> From: [email protected]
> 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?

Command grouping...?

{ cmd1
  cmd2
}  {fd}< foobar


Janis

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> Contact: [email protected]
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