Comments on: Bash Tip: Closing File Descriptors http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/24/bash-tip-closing-file-descriptors/ The random things that spew forth from my brain... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:22:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: ndronen http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/24/bash-tip-closing-file-descriptors/comment-page-1/#comment-7919 ndronen Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/24/bash-tip-closing-file-descriptors/#comment-7919 Yeah, this is broken: exec 3>&- # close stdin exec 2>&- # close stdout exec 1>&- # close stderr It should be exec 0>&- # close stdin exec 1>&- # close stdout exec 2>&- # close stderr Yeah, this is broken:

exec 3>&- # close stdin
exec 2>&- # close stdout
exec 1>&- # close stderr

It should be

exec 0>&- # close stdin
exec 1>&- # close stdout
exec 2>&- # close stderr

]]> By: dandu http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/24/bash-tip-closing-file-descriptors/comment-page-1/#comment-7761 dandu Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:57:00 +0000 http://blog.apokalyptik.com/2007/10/24/bash-tip-closing-file-descriptors/#comment-7761 hey, stdin is on fd 0 not 3 :) hey, stdin is on fd 0 not 3 :)

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