Probably a bug in ash

Seb sbb at tuxfamily.org
Thu Jul 5 08:33:22 PDT 2007


Hello,

Sorry to insist, but as I don't see any reaction to my precedent mail,
I'd just want to know if it wasn't well delivered on the list or
if it's just an (uninteresting|desperated) case so that there is nothing
to say. :)

Le Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:34:39 +0200
Seb <sbb at tuxfamily.org> a écrit:

> Hello,
> 
> It seems that there is a bug in the 'jobs' built-in command of ash. As
> a matter of fact, its output cannot be captured nor piped.
> 
> I made a little script (in attachment) which shows the case. If you
> execute it with ash, you should see that 'test3' doesn't return
> anything but a new line, while 'test4' indicates that the output is well
> directed to stdout (so, according to the rules of shell, the pipe
> should work).
>
> [...]

++
Seb.


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