At 11:46 PM +0800 10/9/06, ???? wrote: >2006/10/9, Dan Track <dan.track@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Hi >> >> I've got a script that should check which rpms are installed on the >> system. Part of the script involves using file descriptors. I'm having >> trouble understanding these file descriptors and was hoping someone >> can clarify my mistake. As a simple script I wrote the following: >> >> #!/bin/bash >> $filename=$1 >> $filename1=$2 >> >> exec 9<&0 < $filename >The line in the script "exec 9<&0 <$filename" means "first copy fd0 to >fd9, then redirect file to fd0", so in the following lines of the >script fd9 is always the stdin. According to the Wikipedia link exec 9<$filename seems more likely. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' The Great Writ <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' is no more. <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list