Re: unable to redirect readonly variable error

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Ian Macdonald wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This doesn't seem right:
>
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=x
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ readonly foo
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar >/dev/null
> bash: foo: readonly variable
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar 2>/dev/null
> bash: foo: readonly variable
> [ianmacd@jiskefet bash_completion]$ foo=bar &>/dev/null
> bash: foo: readonly variable

   What are you tring to redirect? There is no output from your
   command; it is only an assignment to a read-only variable (which is
   naturally going to fail).

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