On 2/20/12 4:17 AM, Dan Douglas wrote:
> On Sunday, February 19, 2012 04:25:46 PM Chet Ramey wrote:
>
>> I assume you mean the first one. It doesn't matter whether or not the
>> variable is set as a side effect of the redirection -- it's in a
>> subshell and disappears.
>>
>> Chet
>
> Forgot to mention though, It's possible in ksh there is no subshell created
> if
> you consider this:
The best way to tell for sure is with a system call tracer.
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