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From: saulery@free.fr
To: dash@vger.kernel.org
Cc: saulery@free.fr
Subject: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:52:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1416570754-9998-1-git-send-email-saulery@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141112021204.GA23275@gondor.apana.org.au>

From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery@free.fr>

Close Debian Bug #501566
---
 src/dash.1 | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index d782882..429657a 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ Append standard output (or n) to file.
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt] file
 Redirect standard input (or n) from file.
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Lt]& Ns n2
-Duplicate standard input (or n1) from file descriptor n2.
+Redirect standard input (or fd n1) from the same resource as currently open on
+fd n2.
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]&-
 Close standard input (or n).
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Gt]& Ns n2
-Duplicate standard output (or n1) to n2.
+Redirect standard output (or fd n1) to the same resource as currently open on
+fd n2.
 .It [n] Ns \*[Gt]&-
 Close standard output (or n).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]\*[Gt] file
-- 
2.1.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-21 11:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-10 11:19 dash: details of redirection/duplication in manpage are reversed Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-10 13:24 ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-10 13:49   ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-11 13:23     ` Bug#501566: " Stephen Shirley
2014-11-11 14:19       ` Stephane Chazelas
2014-11-12  2:13         ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-11 15:08       ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-11 20:46         ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-11 20:47           ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-12  2:12             ` Herbert Xu
2014-11-12 11:09               ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-21 11:52               ` saulery [this message]
2014-12-01 10:04                 ` [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms Herbert Xu
2014-12-01 12:27                   ` Stephane Chazelas
2014-11-18 23:27       ` Bug#501566: dash: details of redirection/duplication in manpage are reversed Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-18 23:46         ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-11-19  0:00           ` Stéphane CHAZELAS
2014-12-08 18:50 Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms Stéphane Aulery
2014-12-08 20:37 ` Stephane CHAZELAS
2014-12-08 21:22   ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-12-08 21:56     ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-08 22:15       ` Stéphane Aulery
2014-12-09 16:54 Bug#501566: " Stephane CHAZELAS
2014-12-11  9:03 ` saulery
2014-12-25 22:51   ` Herbert Xu
2014-12-26 11:35     ` Stéphane Aulery

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