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Subject:    [ast-developers] 'redirect {n}<. ; ... ; cd /dev/fd/$n' works on Linux, fails on Solaris?
From:       <olga.kryzhanovska () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-06-20 3:56:29
Message-ID: CA+OH3v1PX6yPheKU5H0F2u9jHX31jSp7qE8JTWAxLAuepJQDWQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Can some one explain why the following statement works on Linux but
fails on Solaris 11?

ksh -c 'redirect {n}<. ; cd / ; cd /dev/fd/$n ; /bin/pwd ; true'
will print the current cwd name on Linux.

But on Solaris 11 I'll get:
ksh[1]: cd: /dev/fd/10: [Not a directory]
/

Why?

Olga
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