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On Mon, 29 May 2006, George Georgalis wrote:

> but I'd also like to get to the bottom of what looks like a
> /bin/sh or kernel bug.

/dev/stdin is just a hack to let you read stdin on programs which insist 
on reading from a filename. I don't see its use as appropriate here.

If you really have time to satisfy your curiosity as to what is going on 
here, then strace (or BSD equiv) is your friend.