[TUHS] Why does shell write to stderr?

[Rob Pike]

I am indeed a throwback but programs calling stat or stty to examine their
I/O state before deciding how to behave was a shock when I first saw it
done, in Berkeley ls I think, and still feels misguided. I understand the
convenience but not every convenience is good engineering.

-rob


On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 7:38 AM Richard Salz <rich.salz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Douglas McIlroy <
> douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>
>> How would you wish to interact with
>>         /bin/bash >file
>>
>
> I am not sure. I could see the argument either way right now.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Douglas McIlroy <
> douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>
>> How would you wish to interact with
>>         /bin/bash >file
>>
>> Doug
>>
>
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