From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: [TUHS] UNIX of choice these days?
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 07:23:05 +1000 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1709270720520.42298@aneurin.horsfall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170926145326.GX28606@mcvoy.com>
On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Larry McVoy wrote:
>>> What the heck is file descriptor 255?
>>
>> It appears to be a file descriptor open to his controlling terminal.
>
> LOL. I think he's wondering why the fd has the value of 255 and I
> dunno. Some weird bash thing?
Exactly; why 255 of all things?
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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2017-09-25 12:07 Norman Wilson
2017-09-25 14:16 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-25 15:13 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-25 16:51 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-26 0:56 ` ron minnich
2017-09-25 15:18 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-25 15:30 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-25 23:49 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-26 2:06 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-26 14:53 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 15:17 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-26 21:23 ` Dave Horsfall [this message]
2017-09-26 21:43 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-26 21:45 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-27 0:58 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-27 1:37 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 2:02 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-27 13:50 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 14:17 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-28 8:10 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-28 12:34 ` Chet Ramey
[not found] ` <20170928174420.GA41732@accordion.employees.org>
2017-09-28 17:57 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-28 18:04 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-27 3:42 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-27 14:35 ` Chet Ramey
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2017-09-30 15:17 Norman Wilson
2017-09-30 20:29 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-30 21:56 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-30 22:37 ` Kevin Bowling
2017-09-25 12:46 [TUHS] Unix " Doug McIlroy
2017-09-25 13:57 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-23 23:39 [TUHS] UNIX " Nelson H. F. Beebe
2017-09-21 2:28 Rudi Blom
2017-09-20 0:12 Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 0:26 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-20 0:39 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-20 1:03 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2017-09-20 20:56 ` jason-tuhs
2017-09-23 9:17 ` Dario Niedermann
2017-09-23 9:36 ` Steve Mynott
2017-09-23 10:03 ` Dario Niedermann
2017-09-23 23:04 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 0:11 ` Random832
2017-09-24 1:19 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 13:46 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-24 14:02 ` ron minnich
2017-09-24 14:06 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-24 20:36 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-24 21:38 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-24 23:36 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-24 23:50 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-25 0:03 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-25 15:36 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-26 0:42 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-26 9:54 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-26 14:41 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 17:34 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-26 17:39 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-26 18:26 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-26 17:43 ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-26 19:44 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-26 23:22 ` Wesley Parish
2017-09-25 0:51 ` Charles Anthony
2017-09-25 0:36 ` Dan Cross
2017-09-25 0:44 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-25 0:56 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-25 15:45 ` Tony Finch
2017-09-25 16:14 ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-25 7:41 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-25 7:43 ` Cory Smelosky
2017-09-25 10:14 ` Andy Kosela
2017-09-25 9:58 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-25 11:14 ` Derek Fawcus
2017-09-25 11:48 ` Andrew Warkentin
2017-09-24 15:26 ` Christian Barthel
2017-09-24 17:33 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-24 17:33 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-23 23:00 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-26 22:00 ` Christian Groessler
2017-09-20 4:42 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-20 8:31 ` Mutiny
2017-09-20 9:15 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-20 16:58 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 17:05 ` Steve Nickolas
2017-09-20 17:53 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-20 18:12 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 18:33 ` Brad Spencer
2017-09-20 19:20 ` Henry Bent
2017-09-20 19:37 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 19:58 ` Jacob Ritorto
2017-09-20 22:29 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-20 22:31 ` Warner Losh
2017-09-20 12:52 ` Chet Ramey
2017-09-20 13:33 ` Nemo
2017-09-20 15:39 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-20 15:42 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-20 16:58 ` Ian Zimmerman
2017-09-20 17:09 ` Jon Steinhart
2017-09-20 17:31 ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-20 22:40 ` Steve Simon
2017-09-20 22:51 ` Erik Berls
2017-09-20 23:37 ` Robert Brockway
2017-09-21 1:47 ` Derrik Walker v2.0
2017-09-21 3:54 ` Gregg Levine
2017-09-21 14:33 ` Nicholas Chappell
2017-09-21 16:38 ` Mutiny
2017-09-21 16:42 ` gilbertmm
2017-09-21 18:30 ` Grant Taylor
2017-09-21 23:34 ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-25 10:36 ` Thomas Kellar
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