man page: redirection operators: fix swapped stdin/stdout

Commit Message

Forest May 16, 2022, 11:02 p.m. UTC

The Redirections section incorrectly claimed that <& replaces stdout
and >& replaces stdin. Swapped them to make it read correctly.

Ref:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_07_05

Both errors were followed by extra text that looked like remains of a
mostly-deleted sentence. Removed those.
---
 src/dash.1 | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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Comments

Herbert Xu April 6, 2024, 6:23 a.m. UTC | #1

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 04:02:24PM -0700, Forest wrote:
> The Redirections section incorrectly claimed that <& replaces stdout
> and >& replaces stdin. Swapped them to make it read correctly.
> 
> Ref:
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_07_05
> 
> Both errors were followed by extra text that looked like remains of a
> mostly-deleted sentence. Removed those.
> ---
>  src/dash.1 | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.

Patch

diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index ff02237..113a4db 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -402,13 +402,11 @@  Append standard output (or n) to file.
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt] file
 Redirect standard input (or n) from file.
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Lt]& Ns n2
-Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1).
-fd n2.
+Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]&-
 Close standard input (or n).
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Gt]& Ns n2
-Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1).
-fd n2.
+Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Gt]&-
 Close standard output (or n).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]\*[Gt] file