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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/redirect.yo b/Doc/Zsh/redirect.yo index 7e38cd0c3..13496d8d3 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/redirect.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/redirect.yo @@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ indent(... tt({myfd}>&1)) This opens a new file descriptor that is a duplicate of file descriptor 1 and sets the parameter tt(myfd) to the number of the file descriptor, which will be at least 10. The new file descriptor can be written to using -the syntax tt(>&$myfd). +the syntax tt(>&$myfd). The file descriptor remains open in subshells +and forked external executables. The syntax tt({)var(varid)tt(}>&-), for example tt({myfd}>&-), may be used to close a file descriptor opened in this fashion. Note that the |