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Re: POSIX and the "&>" operator

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: POSIX and the "&>" operator
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:51:09 -0800
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On Feb 7, 12:02am, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} I think both got it from csh, which is why nobody thought about POSIX

No, csh uses ">&" with no descriptor numbers around it, which zsh also
supports.  "&>" wasn't added to zsh until around version 2.5 (I forget
the exact timeline) and was added for bash compatibility.

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