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Re: "exec >/dev/null 2>&1" hangs shell
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: "exec >/dev/null 2>&1" hangs shell |
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Thu, 09 May 2002 03:15:09 +0200 |
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"Billinghurst, David (CRTS)" <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com> writes:
|> On both:
|> - irix6.5 with bash-2.04
|> - cygwin with bash-2.05a
|> the command "exec > /dev/null 2>&1" hangs.
It doesn't. Type "exit" or EOF to exit. Of course, you won't see any
output, since that is promptly discarded.
Andreas.
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