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Article #4139Re: ap
From: DaviD W. Sanderson
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 14:51
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1991 14:51
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In article <6354@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> ok@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>Allow a file name (anywhere at all) to have the form
> /dev/fd#
>where # is an integer with however many digits it needs. Some research
>versions of UNIX already support this directly.
And SVR4.0. I do NOT think you mean /dev/fdN, but rather /dev/fd/N.
This is how it is in Research UNIX and SVR4. Also, systems that
support /dev/fd typically have synonyms for the standard file
descriptors:
/dev/stdin == /dev/fd/0
/dev/stdout == /dev/fd/1
/dev/stderr == /dev/fd/2
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!uwvax!margay.cs.wisc.edu!dws From: dws@margay.cs.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: ap Message-ID: <1991Jun15.145104.24184@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 15 Jun 91 14:51:04 GMT References: <1991Jun11.173907.28331@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <6354@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 21