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-rw-r--r--Src/exec.c16
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ccf74e02d..4050d1dce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-07-19  Peter Stephenson  <pws@csr.com>
+
+	* 29555: Src/exec.c: fix problem that shell failed to use file
+	descriptor opened in parent if beyond max_zsh_fd.
+
 2011-07-18  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
 	* users/16131: Src/hist.c: skip reading an empty history file.
@@ -15115,5 +15120,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5397 $
+* $Revision: 1.5398 $
 *****************************************************
diff --git a/Src/exec.c b/Src/exec.c
index 644a58367..f5b59a36e 100644
--- a/Src/exec.c
+++ b/Src/exec.c
@@ -3008,11 +3008,17 @@ execcmd(Estate state, int input, int output, int how, int last1)
 		if (!checkclobberparam(fn))
 		    fil = -1;
 		else if (fn->fd2 > 9 &&
-			 (fn->fd2 > max_zsh_fd ||
-			  (fdtable[fn->fd2] != FDT_UNUSED &&
-			   fdtable[fn->fd2] != FDT_EXTERNAL) ||
-			  fn->fd2 == coprocin ||
-			  fn->fd2 == coprocout)) {
+			 /*
+			  * If the requested fd is > max_zsh_fd,
+			  * the shell doesn't know about it.
+			  * Just assume the user knows what they're
+			  * doing.
+			  */
+			 (fn->fd2 <= max_zsh_fd &&
+			  ((fdtable[fn->fd2] != FDT_UNUSED &&
+			    fdtable[fn->fd2] != FDT_EXTERNAL) ||
+			   fn->fd2 == coprocin ||
+			   fn->fd2 == coprocout))) {
 		    fil = -1;
 		    errno = EBADF;
 		} else {