Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-10 Thread Herbert Xu
Stephane CHAZELAS stephane.chaze...@gmail.com wrote: Let's make it: [n1]n2Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1) [n1]n2Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1) That's more or less the POSIX wording. It may not be as descriptive as other ones, but I can't imagine anyone

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-09 Thread Stephane CHAZELAS
2014-12-08 22:22:03 +0100, Stéphane Aulery: Le lundi 08 décembre 2014 à 08:37:38, Stephane CHAZELAS a écrit : 2014-12-08 19:50:05 +0100, Stéphane Aulery: [n1]n2Redirect standard output (or fd n1) to the same open file description as on fd n2. [n1]n2Copy fd n2 as

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-08 Thread Stéphane Aulery
Hello, Stéphane Chazelas said: Herbert Xu said: Resource is rather unwieldy, how about simply file? file could be misleading [...] IMO, resource is vague enough so as not to give the wrong idea and I like that wording because it conveys the intended mechanism clearly (redirect to same

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-08 Thread Stephane CHAZELAS
2014-12-08 19:50:05 +0100, Stéphane Aulery: [n1]n2Redirect standard output (or fd n1) to the same open file description as on fd n2. [n1]n2Copy fd n2 as stdout (or fd n1) [n1]n2Redirect standard output (or fd n1) to the same resource as currently open

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-08 Thread Stéphane Aulery
Le lundi 08 décembre 2014 à 08:37:38, Stephane CHAZELAS a écrit : 2014-12-08 19:50:05 +0100, Stéphane Aulery: [n1]n2Redirect standard output (or fd n1) to the same open file description as on fd n2. [n1]n2Copy fd n2 as stdout (or fd n1) [n1]n2Redirect

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-08 Thread Stéphane Aulery
Hi Jonathan, Le lundi 08 décembre 2014 à 01:56:15, Jonathan Nieder a écrit : Stéphane Aulery wrote: As for me, I'm not bothered by the word resource. It's ok for me as copy. But Herbert does not agree, so I can not force him:-)). [...] This is my last attempt, if there is no consensus

Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

2014-12-08 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Stéphane, Stéphane Aulery wrote: As for me, I'm not bothered by the word resource. It's ok for me as copy. But Herbert does not agree, so I can not force him:-)). [...] This is my last attempt, if there is no consensus I close the bug regarding Debian. Please don't. I can handle the bug