Re: file descritor 255 is always associated with /dev/tty[?] ?
Dominik Kubla (dominik.kubla@uni-mainz.de)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:58:21 +0200
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 03:11:25PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > the process i.e /dev/tty[?] (current->files->fd[255] is not NULL). This is
> > the case with the shell (bash) process and since other processes are
> > forked by shell, this fd is inherited. I looked at the kernel sources and
> > bash source to see who sets this fd 255 but could not find. Can someone
> > please mail me (or give links to references) why this is set, who sets it,
> > and when?
>
> bash sets it, always. Not sure why
>
Readline.
Dominik Kubla
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