From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27818 invoked from network); 7 May 1998 09:34:11 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 May 1998 09:34:11 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA10434; Thu, 7 May 1998 05:26:43 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 05:26:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <980507022638.ZM16894@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 02:26:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: <199805070834.JAA01366@taos.demon.co.uk> Comments: In reply to Andrew Main "Re: zsh vs. ksh coproc redirection semantics" (May 7, 9:34am) References: <199805070834.JAA01366@taos.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Andrew Main Subject: Re: zsh vs. ksh coproc redirection semantics Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"6u_iW1.0.KY2.6vNKr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1524 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On May 7, 9:34am, Andrew Main wrote: } Subject: Re: zsh vs. ksh coproc redirection semantics } } I think we should probably just implement the documented ksh behaviour. I'd take a poll first (and see if you can get PF to answer). One aspect of the current zsh behavior is that you can leave the same coproc running all day and feed different stuff through it from time to time, which IIRC was actually discussed in a long-ago introduction-to-zsh document that Paul once distributed. } It we makes fds above 9 visible, then the usual numerical syntax can be } used to copy, rather than move, the coprocess fds. With respect to that, I suggest simply making <&999 >&999 legal syntax when a particular option is set. It's unlikely to clash with existing scripts and is simpler than trying to add some other syntactic marker. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com