From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10302 invoked from network); 23 Apr 1998 15:31:22 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 23 Apr 1998 15:31:22 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA09914; Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:26:58 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 11:26:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Mr M P Searle Message-Id: <199804231526.QAA09055@crocus.csv.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: PATCH: NO_CLOBBER In-Reply-To: from Bruce Stephens at "Apr 23, 98 03:49:00 pm" To: b.stephens@isode.com (Bruce Stephens) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 16:26:28 +0100 (BST) Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <"z5I992.0.oQ2.1trFr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3862 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu > Peter Stephenson writes: > > > I earnestly hope some workaround at least for /dev/null can be found. > > Yes! /dev/null is important; I think it's vital that >/dev/null and > >&/dev/null work, even if it has to be done using an explicit check > hack. > IMO a list that can be changed would be better than just checking for /dev/null. An example on my system is the sound devices /dev/audio, /dev/dsp*, but these are system dependent (although used from scripts). (devices should be protected though unless specifically given, for disks etc.) In fact, maybe that's YAOption? I don't have NO_CLOBBER turned on, it's too annoying. But I would if it could be restricted to some places (/, /dev, maybe /usr).