On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 09:21:55, cyg Simple wrote: > Dash is faster in processing the data but can be made to fail if you > add -d to the ls commands you're using.
? Oh, I believe you refer to: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-12/msg00035.html ( Re: Bash heredoc on FD 3 ) > So in Bash the process is no longer available. Adding -d to the above: > > $ dash -c '/bin/ls -ld /dev/fd/*' > /bin/ls: cannot access '/dev/fd/3': No such file or directory > lrwxrwxrwx 1 eboyd53 eboyd53 0 Dec 3 10:50 /dev/fd/0 -> /dev/pty2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 eboyd53 eboyd53 0 Dec 3 10:50 /dev/fd/1 -> /dev/pty2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 eboyd53 eboyd53 0 Dec 3 10:50 /dev/fd/2 -> /dev/pty2 uhm, the facts are slightly different ... /dev/fd is, well, a "moving target", it is symlnk to /proc/self/fd. self refers to the "current process" ... it changes each time. /proc/self/fd shows the open fd's of the current process ... Currently, I am on Linux (Fedora) ... @@ # currently I am executing the shell (bash) @@ # self points to the procid of my bash ... @@ printf "%s\n" /dev/fd/* /dev/fd/0 /dev/fd/1 /dev/fd/10 /dev/fd/11 /dev/fd/2 /dev/fd/255 /dev/fd/3 @@ # however ls has NO open fd 3 if I invoke it like this: @@ # (self points to the procid of my ls command) @@ ls -ld /dev/fd/* # /dev/fd/* expands to the list above (bash) ls: cannot access '/dev/fd/255': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/dev/fd/3': No such file or directory lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:26 /dev/fd/0 -> /dev/pts/0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:26 /dev/fd/1 -> /dev/pts/0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:26 /dev/fd/10 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:26 /dev/fd/11 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:26 /dev/fd/2 -> /dev/pts/0 @@ # ls HAS an open fd 3 if I invoke it like this: @@ (# use strace to see it happen -- ls opens the directory) @@ ls -lL /dev/fd # /dev/fd refers to /proc/self/fd total 0 crw------- 1 henri tty 136, 0 Dec 5 07:38 0 crw------- 1 henri tty 136, 0 Dec 5 07:38 1 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 226, 0 Dec 5 07:01 10 crw-rw----+ 1 root video 226, 0 Dec 5 07:01 11 crw------- 1 henri tty 136, 0 Dec 5 07:38 2 dr-x------ 2 henri henri 0 Dec 5 07:38 3 @@ ls -l /proc/self/fd total 0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 0 -> /dev/pts/0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 1 -> /dev/pts/0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 10 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 11 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 2 -> /dev/pts/0 lr-x------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:38 3 -> /proc/2605/fd Same w/ dash: @@ dash $ printf "%s\n" /dev/fd/* /dev/fd/0 /dev/fd/1 /dev/fd/10 /dev/fd/11 /dev/fd/12 /dev/fd/17 /dev/fd/18 /dev/fd/2 /dev/fd/3 /dev/fd/55 $ ls -ld /dev/fd/* ls: cannot access '/dev/fd/12': No such file or directory ls: cannot access '/dev/fd/3': No such file or directory lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/0 -> /dev/pts/3 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/1 -> /dev/pts/3 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/10 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/11 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/17 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/18 -> /dev/dri/card0 lrwx------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/2 -> /dev/pts/3 lr-x------ 1 henri henri 64 Dec 5 07:25 /dev/fd/55 -> /home/b/henri/.local/share/baloo/index ===== -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple