Re: Possible "new" redirect style for /bin/sh (needs a name)

[tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2021 at 07:22:14AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
> >>> 	exec {var}>pathname
> >> [...]
> > 2) A "named fd" var once set is neither writable nor directly
> > readable by the script; it is read-only except it is only "readable"
> > by the implementation;
> 
> I don't like this; it makes it impossible to do things like put the fd
> number on the command line of a program.  Instead of
> 
> 	program -fd ${var}
> 
> you'd have to do something like
> 
> 	program -fd 3 3>&${var}
> 
> which, to me, defeats much (though admittedly not all) of the point.

You're right. Read-only is enough.
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