Hi list.
An attempt to open a named pipe created with mkfifo cannot be
interrupted with SIGINT, if trap ... INT installed.
(reading from an opened fifo is interruptible and similar attempt to
open a /dev/tcp socket is interruptible too)
#!/bin/bash
set -e
function errtrap { es=$?; echo "ERROR line $1: Command
exited with status $es.">&2; }; trap 'errtrap $LINENO' ERR
rm -f thefifo
mkfifo thefifo
trap 'echo cleanup' INT
echo "opening thefifo...";
exec 4<thefifo
#exec 4>/dev/tcp/1.2.3.4/445
echo "opened";
echo "reading...";
read <&4
echo done
Bash version 4.3.42, Arch64.
Cannot reproduce in 4.2.46 on Centos7.