Thomas Rast wrote: > This would be valid > according to POSIX, but bash 4 helpfully declines to execute the > command in question with an "ambiguous redirection" error. For the benefit of those wondering why they never saw this problem, even after using bash for a while: bash in POSIX mode (e.g. when running as "sh") does not have the same problem. Presumably that's why this problem was not noticed until on a platform without bash as /bin/sh, in v1.7.0-rc1~30 (work around an obnoxious bash "safety feature" on OpenBSD, 2010-01-26). I still like the patch. :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html