On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:05:53 GMT Abc Xyz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i just installed 4.6-RELEASE, and notice that > the '2>&-' sh (FBSD) construct seems to be broken. > i am going thru all my scripts having to change > it to /dev/null ... > > i figure it's not realistic to assume a bug this > obvious would make it to release stage, so my > question is - is something else going on? > or is this just due to changes in 'sh'? > is it a bug? or is it a permenent change?
You probably come from a Linux background, where /bin/sh is generally symlinked to /bin/bash. On FreeBSD, /bin/sh is the historical UNIX shell, the Bourne Shell. The '&>' (aka '>&') construct is a bashism, and won't work using /bin/sh. The /bin/sh equivalent of bash's 'cat foo &>file' is 'cat foo >file 2>&1'. Regards, Jean-Yves Lefort -- Jean-Yves Lefort [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://void.adminz.be/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
