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* Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms
@ 2014-12-08 18:50 Stéphane Aulery
  2014-12-08 20:37 ` Stephane CHAZELAS
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Stéphane Aulery @ 2014-12-08 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 501566, dash, stephane.chazelas

Hello,

Stéphane Chazelas said:
> Herbert Xu said:
>>
>> "Resource" is rather unwieldy, how about simply "file"?
>
> "file" could be misleading
>
> [...]
>
> IMO, "resource" is vague enough so as not to give the wrong idea
> and I like that wording because it conveys the intended
> mechanism clearly ("redirect to same thing as"). But I agree
> it's not ideal.

It is true that "resource" is dissonant as "file" is too restrictive. The
term "file descriptor" is used above. Why not use it again?

Regards,

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Stéphane Aulery


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* Re: dash: details of redirection/duplication in manpage are reversed
@ 2014-11-12  2:12 Herbert Xu
  2014-11-21 11:52 ` [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms saulery
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Herbert Xu @ 2014-11-12  2:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stéphane Aulery; +Cc: Stephen Shirley, dash, Stephane Chazelas

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 09:47:27PM +0100, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Le mardi 11 novembre 2014 à 11:08:05, Herbert Xu a écrit :
> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 02:23:21PM +0100, Stephen Shirley wrote:
> > >
> > > "[n1]>&n2    Redirect standard output (or n1) to n2."
> > > 
> > > It doesn't cover the case where n2 is later changed, and how n1 does
> > > not follow this, but it's the simplest fix i see.
> > 
> > Yes that sounds much better.  Please send a patch.
> 
> Here is one. Stephen, the correction of the first line is abandoned?
> 
> [n1]<&n2    Duplicate standard input (or n1) from file descriptor n2.

Please incorporate the comments by Stephane Chazelas.

Thanks,
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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  6:06       ` Herbert Xu
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