Re: [Help-bash] catching read error conditions

[Mart Frauenlob]

On 28.01.2013 14:32, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:34:12PM +0100, Mart Frauenlob wrote:
[...]

> > 2. Detect if the command inside the redirected process substitution
> > fails and print a message to stderr.
>
> A process substitution runs a command in the background, but this
> command is not considered a "job" and can't be managed in the ways
> that directly spawned background jobs (using "&") can be managed.
>
> If you need to observe/control a background job directly, create your
> own named pipe and launch the background job in the conventional way,
> rather than using the <() or >() shortcuts.

Thank you very much, the way to go should be clear now.