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  Re: leaks fd for internal functions but not external command Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-07-23 11:05 -0400

#15206 — Re: leaks fd for internal functions but not external command

On 7/23/19 10:33 AM, Sam Liddicott wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 20
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> Bash redirection sequence cases a file descriptor to be leaked
> if the main command is an internal function but not if it is
> an external command.

It's not `leaked': you have a handle on it and can manipulate it as you
wish.

> Based on prior conversation, I suspect it is supposed to leak
> in the internal case (though that is annoying) but it is
> inconsistent that it does not for the external case.

It's set to close-on-exec. If you want to use it in a child process,
you have a handle that you can use to dup to another fd.

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