Re: writing to /dev/stderr

echo test | gawk '{print $0 /dev/fd/2;}' gawk: cmd. line:1: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: can't redirect to `/dev/fd/2' (Permission denied) There's a kernel bug operating here, I think. If you chmod 666 /dev/fd/2 (from the same console, of course) it shows no change in its mode using ls, but you

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

I looked at this a little more. It seems that the object on the other side of /dev/fd/X isn't always one that you have permissions on _after_ it's been opened. ls -l /dev/fd/2 lrwx-- 1 brucebruce 64 Aug 30 16:16 /dev/fd/2 - [0301]:7060 This means device 3, 1, inode 7060. ls -li

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

is not the same as writing to /dev/stderr. The solution is to switch user id's by doing 'exec login'. You'll transfer the controlling terminal also then. Guy

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: It's the permissions of /dev/ttyp1 that apply here, not those of /dev/fd/2 . Just like in a symbolic link. Guy

writing to /dev/stderr

hello, i am trying to print to /dev/stderr from within gawk (print $0 /dev/stderr) but i get the following error: gawk: cmd. line:30: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: can't redirect to `/dev/stderr' (Permission denied) i know there is something wrong with the permission, i can redirect if i do it as

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Alex Romosan wrote: i am trying to print to /dev/stderr from within gawk (print $0 /dev/stderr) but i get the following error: gawk: cmd. line:30: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: can't redirect to `/dev/stderr' (Permission denied) That should work, for example gawk

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

That should work, for example gawk '{print $0 /dev/stderr;}' copies its input to stderr. It's not a permissions problem; /dev/std{in,out,err} and /dev/fd/n are implemented internally by gawk. They're not really files on the system. Well, actually /dev/fd/n really is a symlink into the

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Alex Romosan wrote: i've tried: echo test | gawk '{print $0 /dev/stderr;}' and echo test | gawk '{print $0 /dev/fd/2;}' and both give me the same error: gawk: cmd. line:1: (FILENAME=- FNR=1) fatal: can't redirect to `/dev/fd/2' (Permission denied) Check

Re: writing to /dev/stderr

Check that /dev/fd is a symbolic link to /proc/self/fd. Check that /proc is mounted. The permissions to /proc are determined by the kernel, so there's really no way that they could be wrong. Guy the links were okay, the problem is elsewhere. if i telnet into the machine and log in as alex