[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FAQ (was Re: [MPlayer-users] Resizing annoyance...)
Diego Biurrun
diego at biurrun.de
Thu Feb 14 07:16:29 CET 2002
D Richard Felker III writes:
>
> the original one was right. redirecting stdout to /dev/null may also
> be nice, but it is nonessential. on the other hand, if you don't
> redirect stdin, it *will not run*.
I noticed that in the meantime ;-)
Unfortunately I still fail to understand why...
> > With < /dev/null mplayer would be reading from /dev/null and not from
> > stdin, wouldn't it?
>
> you're confusing stdin with the controlling terminal. mplayer will
> always read from stdin; using </dev/null just changes what stdin *is*.
So with < /dev/null mplayer detaches from the controlling terminal?
Seems like I still got a lot to learn. Somebody care to elaborate?
Confused
Diego
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