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echo: os2prog
to: Henk den Adel
from: David Noon
date: 1997-01-29 21:59:08
subject: redirection

On Monday, 97/01/27, Henk den Adel wrote to All about "redirection" as
follows:

HA> appli  log
HA> 
HA> leaves me with a file of 0 length, whereas without redirection:
HA> 
HA> appli < input
HA> 
HA> results are written to the screen.

Hi Henk,

Are you inadvertantly closing stdout and then re-opening it? [Thus
truncating the file but leaving the screen intact.]

Regards

Dave


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