Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 09:49:12 +0300 (IDT)
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Subject: Re: files not closed after GPF
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Matthew Smith wrote:

> If your program was opening the file itself, it could adopt an
> "open,append,close quickly" strategy but redirecting the output makes
> your shell handle this.

Are you saying that because of redirection this cannot work?  Of
course, it can: use `dup' to save the original handle's connection,
close the original handle, then use `dup2' to restore the original
handle.

But it's much better to use `fsync' instead, since it has the same
effect as `close', without actually closing the handle.