Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> So I think a simpler and more robust version is just this:
>
> {
> { yes || true; } &&
> command_expecting_sigpipe; echo $? >status
> } | true
>
> We'll keep producing data in "yes" until the pipe is closed. So it will
> closed before command_expecting_sigpipe even starts, and there is no
> race there. And because we're using "true" on the right-hand side of the
> pipe, nothing is read at all from the pipe. So there's no guessing about
> how much might have been read.
;-)
> Like I said, this won't help our current situation, but after having
> spent a little time on it (before realizing that) I figured it was worth
> documenting.
It is always fun to ses these clever hacks on the list.
Thanks.
