Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:56:56 +0200
From: "H.Merijn Brand" <h DOT m DOT brand AT hccnet DOT nl>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Subject: Re: Gnu compiler for Perl
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On Thu 14 Jun 2001 14:46, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> > One simple failing snippet on Win2kNL/sp1:
> > 
> > C:\Tmp> cat test.sh
> > if (PATH=.; alias -x) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> >     inksh=true
> >     fi
> > C:\Tmp> sh test.sh
> > test.sh: /dev/null: Permission denied (EACCESS)
> 
> Does a simple "echo foo > /dev/null" fails as well?  How about 
> "echo foo >> /dev/null"?
> 
> If it does, please write a short test program that does imilar things, 
> and step into the I/O functions with a debugger.  We must understand 
> what's wrong there to devise a solution or a work-around.

C:\Tmp> sh
sh-2.03$ echo Help
Help
sh-2.03$ echo Help >/dev/null
sh: /dev/null: Permission denied (EACCESS)
sh-2.03$ echo Help >>/dev/null
sh-2.03$

HTH

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