On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 16:05, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote:
> On 7/23/19 10:33 AM, Sam Liddicott wrote: > > > Bash Version: 4.4 > > Patch Level: 20 > > Release Status: release > > > > Description: > > Bash redirection sequence cases a file descriptor to be leaked > > if the main command is an internal function but not if it is > > an external command. > > It's not `leaked': you have a handle on it and can manipulate it as you > wish. > evidently not, it got closed for me with /bin/echo so I couldn't use it as I wish > > Based on prior conversation, I suspect it is supposed to leak > > in the internal case (though that is annoying) but it is > > inconsistent that it does not for the external case. > > It's set to close-on-exec. If you want to use it in a child process, > you have a handle that you can use to dup to another fd. > The report concerns the different behaviour with internal and external operations. Sam
