Bug#332277: perl-doc: Paragraph for open in perlfunc(1) is not clear

[Dominic Hargreaves]

tags 332277 +confirmed
found 332277 5.16.3-1
thanks

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 06:12:10PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> The perlfunc(1) man page contains:
> 
>        In the 2-arguments (and 1-argument) form opening '-' opens
>        STDIN and opening '>-' opens STDOUT.
> 
> I don't think this means anything, and there are no examples for
> this form. Perhaps the correct word is "dup" instead of "open"?
> And what is dupped? STDIN (resp. STDOUT) or fd 0 (resp. fd 1)?

Good questions, and I don't know the answer. That paragraph persists,
although (noting for searchability) it's now

           In the two-argument (and one-argument) form, opening "<-" or "-"
           opens STDIN and opening ">-" opens STDOUT.

If anyone else knows what this syntax means, do tell!

Cheers,
Dominic.

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