On Thu, 24 May 2012 22:43:08 +0100 Chris Rees wrote:
> For the archive-- just thought-- even though I did a typo there, > DON'T use: > > mv file file.bak && echo something > file > > at least with csh, file will be clobbered before mv gets to it.... I tried that in bash and csh and it worked correctly in both. e.g. in csh: %echo nothing > foo %mv foo bar && echo something > foo %cat foo something %cat bar nothing If a shell supports short-circuiting then mv must complete before echo can start, so I don't see how it can fail unless the shell opens the file before it runs mv. Are you perhaps mixing this up with what happens with: cat foo bar > foo _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
