* clobbering with >&
@ 2000-01-11 0:57 Paul Ackersviller
2000-01-11 17:41 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Paul Ackersviller @ 2000-01-11 0:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
After using zsh for a while, I find myself gradually going back to the few
worthwhile features of csh, whch I used many years ago.
Here's something I don't see covered in the docs -- is it possible to
override the noclobber variable when doing output redirection with >&?
I've tried the obvious permutations of ! and | with it, but just get syntax
errors.
Never mind, I just answered my own question. It appears >&\! will do the
trick. Perhaps this should be documented.
Thanks to the workers for an amazing shell program.
--
Paul Ackersviller
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* Re: clobbering with >&
2000-01-11 0:57 clobbering with >& Paul Ackersviller
@ 2000-01-11 17:41 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2000-01-11 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paul Ackersviller, zsh-users
On Jan 10, 7:57pm, Paul Ackersviller wrote:
} Subject: clobbering with >&
}
} Here's something I don't see covered in the docs -- is it possible to
} override the noclobber variable when doing output redirection with >&?
} I've tried the obvious permutations of ! and | with it, but just get syntax
} errors.
What syntax errors? Can you give a precise example, please?
} Never mind, I just answered my own question. It appears >&\! will do the
} trick. Perhaps this should be documented.
Both >&| and >&! *should* work just fine, without the backslash. Note that
you need a space after the `!' to prevent it being from taken as a history
reference, but even that isn't necessary with the `>&|' form.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
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