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  From: Jake Hawkes <jake@infinitylimited.net>
  To  : Daryl Tester <dt@picknowl.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:44:17 +0930

Re: Protecting files against power failure

Daryl Tester wrote:
> 
> Jake Hawkes wrote:
> 
> > could someone walk through this one?
> 
> > exec 5>foo 6<foo
> 

ok, I grok this, but why does it work when executed one by one at the
prompt? In a shell script - sure, but at the prompt?

How long do the file descriptors #5 and #6 hang around for?

--
Jake Hawkes, B.Eng (CSE)

"I'm only smart enough to know how stupid I am", Joe Strummer.

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