Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 04:26:13 GMT From: Abc Xyz <abc@anchorageinternet.org> To: Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort@brutele.be> Subject: Re: /dev/null and 2>&- Message-ID: <200207170426.g6H4QDow098383@anchorageinternet.org>
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> > i just installed 4.6-RELEASE, and notice that > > the '2>&-' sh (FBSD) construct seems to be broken. > > i am going thru all my scripts having to change > > it to /dev/null ... > > > > i figure it's not realistic to assume a bug this > > obvious would make it to release stage, so my > > question is - is something else going on? > > or is this just due to changes in 'sh'? > > is it a bug? or is it a permenent change? > > You probably come from a Linux background, where /bin/sh is generally > symlinked to /bin/bash. > > On FreeBSD, /bin/sh is the historical UNIX shell, the Bourne Shell. > The '&>' (aka '>&') construct is a bashism, and won't work using > /bin/sh. > > The /bin/sh equivalent of bash's 'cat foo &>file' is 'cat foo >file > 2>&1'. SH(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual SH(1) NAME sh - command interpreter (shell) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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