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Re: Problem on GNU/Hurd systems w.r.t. process substitution
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Problem on GNU/Hurd systems w.r.t. process substitution |
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Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:50:47 -0500 |
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Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> Hello!
>
> There seems to be a problem with bash's usage of named pipes on GNU/Hurd
> systems.
Bash uses named pipes for process substitution only if /dev/fd (or the
Linux variant, /proc/self/fd) is not available. I'd check config.h to
see which is being used (look for HAVE_DEV_FD) before investigating
further.
(Or you could simply run `echo <(echo a)' and see what's displayed.)
Chet
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