Re: /dev/tcp

In comp.os.linux.misc, Rich  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> What system(s) have /dev/tcp/* natively?
> What "systems"?  Only those with a /bin/bash compiled with this 
> "special bash feature" compiled in.

None is a potential answer.

>>        Bash handles several filenames specially when they are used in
>>        redirections,  as described  in the  following table.   If the
                                                                  ^^^^^^
>>        operating  system on  which  bash is  running  provides  these
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>        special files, bash will use them;  other wise it will emulate
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>        them internally with the behavior described below.

> It's a Bash feature.  Note the man page quote you provided:
>>  **Bash** handles several filenames specially when they are used in 
>>  redirections

Note the underlined bit. In my mind "emulate" implies there is a thing
that does this, because the dictionary definition of "emulate" is very
close to "immitate".

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
 
  emulate
      v 1: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is
           emulating the skating skills of his older sister"
      2: imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the
         hardware or the software
      3: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with;
         "This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"

Note how there is nothing there about "make up whole cloth" or
"completely implement without reference to something else."

Elijah
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