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

[Jon Dowland <lists@alcopop.org>]

On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 09:42:50AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> What's the real problem with /dev/{tcp|udp}?

My issue with it is having phantom files that only exist in
one shell on the system, could clash with real files
(although that is more or less totally unlikely). I think
that having the shell re-implement netcat to be a violation
of "do one thing and do it well". I've never came across a
script on debian or elsewhere that required this
functionality enabled. Indeed I'm horrified to find this
feature enabled on RHEL boxes.


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Jon Dowland