>>>>> Thomas Bushnell, BSG writes: TBB> Some scripts also might want to look at the file name and key TBB> off that (a gross programming technique, I agree), and they TBB> would lose if the file name were always /dev/fd/NNN.
It's gross when the name of the file affects the script's basic behaviour, but very, very useful and pretty when it's used only for error messages. -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
