On 02/09/2015 01:38 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote: >> bash prints that message when it has the noclobber-option set. Maybe >> you check it? > Yes, indeed, the effect shows up after set -o noclobber; > however, this shouldn’t apply to device files (and doesn’t on other > systems) - > man bash: “redirection will fail if the file ... is a regular file.”
Huh. I can reproduce it, even with the new experimental bash 4.3. I'll see if I can find the bug in the sources. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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