Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:28:06 -0700 From: Eugene Lee <eugene@anime.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shell scripts, file descriptor, and pw Message-ID: <20010531172806.A29639@anime.net> In-Reply-To: <15126.56105.477926.485041@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:00:41PM -0500 References: <50535058@toto.iv> <15126.56105.477926.485041@guru.mired.org>
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On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:00:41PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: : Eugene Lee <eugene@anime.net> types: : > : > I'm trying to write a shell script using 'pw' that uses the '-h fd' : > option to lets you securely send a password to the program via a file : > descriptor. : : You don't create them, you just use them. You need to know that 0, 1 : and 2 are stdin, stdout and stderr, respectively. After reading your examples, I understand much better now. I was stuck in the mode of getting a file descriptor from some open()-ish function. I'll probably be using your last example using a here document. Thanks for the quick lesson! :-) -- Eugene Lee eugene@anime.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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