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From: =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= Aulery <saulery@free.fr>
Subject: Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 19:50:05 +0100
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To: 501566@bugs.debian.org, dash@vger.kernel.org, stephane.chazelas@gmail.com
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Hello,

St=C3=A9phane 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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St=C3=A9phane Aulery


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