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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Test issues
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:23:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <060711092333.ZM17490@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200607111530.k6BFU0mG023293@news01.csr.com>

On Jul 11,  4:29pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} +  myfd=
}    exec {myfd}>logfile
} -  print This is my logfile. >&$myfd
} -  print Examining contents of logfile...
} -  cat logfile
} +  if [[ -z $myfd ]]; then
} +    print "Ooops, failed to set myfd to a file descriptor." >&2

That's not going to help.  The problem is that if {mytfd} is not
recognized as a file descriptor, it's taken as a command, and the
"exec" causes the test script to replace itself with nothing (and
effectively exit).

The real solution is to put the entire thing in a subshell, I think.


  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-11 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-11 14:49 Vin Shelton
2006-07-11 15:29 ` Peter Stephenson
2006-07-11 16:23   ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2006-07-12 11:48     ` Peter Stephenson
2006-07-13  9:37       ` Bart Schaefer
2006-07-11 15:34 ` Bart Schaefer

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