bad file descriptor error in bash

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Subject: bad file descriptor error in bash
From: Patrick Hsieh <pahud@ezplay.tv>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:42:15 +0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 20011210144016.5596.PAHUD@ezplay.tv>

Hello,
home:~ #df 1>&-
df: write error: Bad file descriptor

Is it a bug?
">&-"  should be compatible with ">/dev/null", right?



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Patrick Hsieh <pahud@ezplay.tv>

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