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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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Subject: Re: separate redirection of stderr and stdout in csh.
Summary: kids, don't try this at home.
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Date: 28 Nov 89 03:38:17 GMT
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In article <1989Nov27.171928.17527@eci386.uucp> jmm@eci386.UUCP (John Macdonald) writes:
> mknod pipe$$ p
> com3 <pipe$$
> (com1 | com2 >pipe$$) >&com2.err
> rm pipe$$

The shell will block trying to open pipe$$ for the second command's
input. Put that command in the background.

What happened to trying things out before posting them?

Enough discussion already. Followups to sci.aquaria.

---Dan


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