Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> writes: > $ touch a && chmod -w a > $ sh -c '{ echo foo; } > a'; echo $? > sh: a: Permission denied > 0 There is a cheap workaround: $ sh -c ':; { :; } > a; echo $?' sh: a: Permission denied 1 Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@xxxxxxx SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf