Bug 1002004

Summary:	ksh subshell exits with 'open file limit exceeded'
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	hgruber <holger>
Component:	ksh	Assignee:	Siteshwar Vashisht <svashisht>
Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE - Apps <qe-baseos-apps>
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Version:	6.4	CC:	kdudka
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Hardware:	x86_64
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Last Closed:	2017-06-13 08:01:00 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description hgruber 2013-08-28 10:01:58 UTC

A subshell exits with 'open file limit exceeded'.

Problem occurs in:         ksh-20100621-19.el6_4.4.x86_64
Problem does not occur in: ksh-20100621-16.el6.x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:
$ echo `echo $var|cut -c1`
cut: write error: Bad file descriptor
ksh: open file limit exceeded [Bad file descriptor]

Additional info: This could be related to Bug #781498

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2013-10-14 02:31:38 UTC

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
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the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.