> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> history builtin command no reconect stdout if fail:
>
> $ history >new_out bad_argument
> -bash: history: bad_argument: numeric argument required
>
> in this case bash conect sdtout to new_out, nex history fail (with bad
> argumente) and never reconect to stdout.
Patch 20 to bash-3.2 should fix this.
Chet
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Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/
