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Re: Bash /dev/tcp and /dev/udp



On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 02:09:33PM +0100, Jan C. Nordholz wrote:
> Hi Klaus,
> 
> > >from the bash manpage:
> >               /dev/tcp/host/port
> >               /dev/udp/host/port
> 
> This has been discussed several times [1][2], and the outcome was every time
> that this should not be a feature of the shell, but of more specialized
> tools like nc. Use those or recompile your bash.

Then the manpage should be ammended and those things removed. It does not
make sense to disable things and ship a manpage that implies that they do
work.

Regards

Javier

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