Re: Bug#501566: [MAN] Clarify two redirection mechanisms

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephane CHAZELAS <stephane.chazelas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Let's make it:
> 
>  [n1]>&n2    Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1)
>  [n1]<&n2    Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1)
> 
> That's more or less the POSIX wording. It may not be as
> descriptive as other ones, but I can't imagine anyone
> complaining about the correctness or accuracy of it.

Yes this sounds good to me.  Someone please create a patch for
it.

BTW, one of you guys dropped me from the CC list again.  Please
don't do that.

Thanks,
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