> I poked a little around in the bash and cat source code, and this is > what they are doing here: > > - bash writes the text in the heredoc to a temporary file, unlinks > that file (so that nobody can mess around it) and sets standard input > for cat to a file descriptor pointing to that file. > > - cat runs fstat(2) on that file descriptor; it does so for both input > and output in order to detect whether they are the same. However, > fstat() fails with ENOENT and cat errors out. > > Why would fstat() ever return ENOENT? This makes no sense to me.
My current thinking is that it's got something to do with the disappearing emacs23 directory, based on a similar error with a directory removal while a program was running (the directory is still present for some contexts but not others, until all file descriptors are released). -- <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
