zopencommunity / zopencommunity/bashport
read.tests : failure with exec to a named pipe
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Description
The following sequence fails and then causes follow-on problems:
cd /tmp
rm -f a.pipe
mkfifo a.pipe
exec 9<> a.pipe
The 'exec' fails with:
bash: a.pipe: EDC5121I Invalid argument.
but should work.
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with the /tmp/a.pipe sequence in the issue, especially the exec 9<> a.pipe command, and inspect the shell's exec handling for named pipes. Done means the command succeeds without the reported EDC5121I error or follow-on problems.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash, shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100