Re: File descriptor of process substitution unexpectedly persisting

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: File descriptor of process substitution unexpectedly persisting
Date	2019-07-01 15:13 -0400
Message-ID	<mailman.3.1562016428.1967.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
References	<20190621195822.be84baf077ebe5dfda8b72ae@plushkava.net> <a865d115-4311-ca30-811b-ed09ee1dda00@case.edu>

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On 6/21/19 2:58 PM, kfm@plushkava.net wrote:

> However, merely by assigning a variable prior to the loop, though within the same line, the number will continuously grow:
> 
> $ var=0; while :; do { read; } < <(:); sleep 0.5; printf %s\\n /proc/self/fd/* | wc -l; done
> 6
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
> ... etc

Thanks for the report. This will be fixed in the next devel branch push.

Chet

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