Re: Bug or feature? No EOF on /proc/xxx/fd/x

Dale Scheetz (dwarf@polaris.net)
Wed, 14 Feb 1996 17:23:59 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Snow Cat wrote:

> Dale Scheetz once wrote:
>
> > <stuff deleted>
> >
> > I'm running a 1.3.57 kernel and this command does print the date.
> > However, the prompt fails to return untill a ^C, so it isn't quite right
> > either.
> >
>
> I wonder if it's a problem with bash. zsh still prints date and exits.
>
You are correct. If I run with zsh cat <(date) runs fine. However:

$ sleep 30 &
$ pid=$!
$ cat /proc/$pid/fd/1

fails as described, even in zsh!

This would indicate that the two issues are unrelated?

Next?

Dwarf

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