Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:19502 comp.unix.questions:17996
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Question about GETOPT(3)
Message-ID: <7118@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 27 Nov 89 18:03:01 GMT
References: <7043@ficc.uu.net> <110@amix.commodore.com> <7077@ficc.uu.net> <118@amix.commodore.com>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Lines: 13

[ I suggested &n refer to /dev/fd/n ]

> 	command1&command2

> is currently valid syntax in the bourne shell.

And it'd remain so. You might have problems if you have a program called
'1', '2', and so on. That's pretty unlikely.
-- 
`-_-' Peter da Silva <peter@ficc.uu.net> <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>.
 'U`  --------------  +1 713 274 5180.
"The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame."
	-- Chuq Von Rospach, chuq@Apple.COM