Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.4dev.9

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:19:25PM -0600, address@hidden wrote:
> In a recent note, Thomas E. Dickey said:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:52:32 -0400 (EDT)
> > 
> > you mean something like
> > 
> >     ( command ) <input
> > 
> > I hadn't thought about that.  I've been burned with some shells that
> > won't work properly if I redirect to an arbitrary command, and use
> > 'cat' if there's a question about it.  In either case, there's no
> > recovery if the command contains an unbalanced parenthesis...
> > 
> I haven't access to such a brain-dead shell to test with.  But
> I might expect that the parentheses might help insulate the
> arbitrary command from the redirection and extinguish the burn.

maybe (I'll experiment some, to see if I can find one that breaks)

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