Re: bash-5.1.16 fails to unlink named pipes if pipeline terminates prematurely

GPIPE, the named pipes are removed. Should't it do the same for the SIGPIPE case too? (In any case, I've recompiled bash without that config. override, so this is just a minor irritation.) Thx, -RVP

bash-5.1.16 fails to unlink named pipes if pipeline terminates prematurely

In this situation, bash does not unlink named pipes used for process-substitution when a pipeline terminates prematurely. Repeat-By: $ diff -u <(ls -l /usr/bin) <(ls -l /tmp) | head >/dev/null $ ls -l /tmp/sh-np.* prw--- 1 rvp wheel 0 8 Sep