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From: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ipse dixit)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Redirection quirks: 2>&1 >file  -- vs. --  >file 2>&1
Message-ID: <14363@rochester.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 11:40:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 11:40:00 1986
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Alright you guys, figure this one out then:

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->> cat d.c
main()
{
	printf("Hello world\n");
	if (open("/etc/phones", 2) < 0)
		perror("/etc/phones");
}
->> a.out 2>&1 > xxx
/etc/phones: No such file or directory
->> cat xxx
Hello world
->> a.out > xxx 2>&1
->> cat xxx
/etc/phones: No such file or directory
Hello world
->> 2>&1 a.out > xxx
->> cat xxx
/etc/phones: No such file or directory
Hello world
->> 
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What I really want to know is, what *should* it do? I find sh(1) very
uninformative, with some mumble about duplicating file descriptors.
Don't get me wrong, I've used Unix for years, but I find the
explaination in sh(1) so obtuse that I just look at some old sh files
when I want to get work done.

	Ken
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