[ILUG] Re-Directing stdin and stdout at the same time

[Paul Jakma]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Dave Neary wrote:

> You mean stdout, right? :) 0 is stdin.

ah doh.. yes of course..

could we setup a proofread at linux.ie specifically to catch my posts and
have them checked for the usual brainfarts and silliness that i like
to inject in my mails before they go on to ilug proper?

:)

> Actually, that would be interesting... If I go echo "Hello, world"
> | cat 1>>&0 Have I created an infinite loop?
>
> I've tried it, and it doesn't work. Not sure why...

stdin is the terminal and possible open()'ed read-only???

> Dave.

--paulj