From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2315 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2009 03:51:47 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 Feb 2009 03:51:47 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 25586 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2009 03:51:41 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 7 Feb 2009 03:51:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 20418 invoked by alias); 7 Feb 2009 03:51:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 26528 Received: (qmail 20402 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2009 03:51:34 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 7 Feb 2009 03:51:34 -0000 Received: from vms173007pub.verizon.net (vms173007pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.7]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC3C80271F0 for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 04:51:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from torch.brasslantern.com ([96.238.220.215]) by vms173007.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-2.01 (built Jun 13 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0KEO001E1FYMZW92@vms173007.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:49:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from torch.brasslantern.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by torch.brasslantern.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n173pAQA010800 for ; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:51:11 -0800 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by torch.brasslantern.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n173p9vf010799 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:51:09 -0800 From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <090206195109.ZM10798@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:51:09 -0800 In-reply-to: <200902070002.n1702oSx013214@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson "Re: POSIX and the "&>" operator" (Feb 7, 12:02am) References: <200902070002.n1702oSx013214@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: POSIX and the "&>" operator MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/8960/Fri Feb 6 13:42:32 2009 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Feb 7, 12:02am, Peter Stephenson wrote: } } I think both got it from csh, which is why nobody thought about POSIX No, csh uses ">&" with no descriptor numbers around it, which zsh also supports. "&>" wasn't added to zsh until around version 2.5 (I forget the exact timeline) and was added for bash compatibility.