From: Matthias Klose <[email protected]>
This addition to the documentation has been shipped in Debian's bash
since version 4.3~rc1-1.
---
doc/bash.1 | 4 ++++
doc/bashref.texi | 3 +++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/bash.1 b/doc/bash.1
index 8724835d..92ed89fc 100644
--- a/doc/bash.1
+++ b/doc/bash.1
@@ -4784,6 +4784,10 @@ A failure to open or create a file causes the
redirection to fail.
Redirections using file descriptors greater than 9 should be used with
care, as they may conflict with file descriptors the shell uses
internally.
+.PP
+Note that the
+.B exec
+builtin command can make redirections take effect in the current shell.
.SS Redirecting Input
Redirecting input opens the file whose name results from
the expansion of
diff --git a/doc/bashref.texi b/doc/bashref.texi
index 41dfd35e..62299b10 100644
--- a/doc/bashref.texi
+++ b/doc/bashref.texi
@@ -3408,6 +3408,9 @@ Redirections using file descriptors greater than 9 should
be used with
care, as they may conflict with file descriptors the shell uses
internally.
+Note that the @code{exec} builtin command can make redirections take
+effect in the current shell.
+
@subsection Redirecting Input
Redirecting input opens the file whose name results from
the expansion of @var{word} for reading on file descriptor @code{n},
--
2.51.0
