From c4a1f8a7ea386e89cf4fee286b3c1aac61e4f16c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:02:00 +1300
Subject: Document why fnl(1df) command is wrapped

Because I forgot
---
 bin/fnl.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'bin')

diff --git a/bin/fnl.sh b/bin/fnl.sh
index 86e582f1..e8a5f071 100644
--- a/bin/fnl.sh
+++ b/bin/fnl.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ fi
 # Create a temporary directory; note that we *don't* clean it up on exit
 dir=$(mktd fnl) || exit
 
-# Run the command; keep its exit status
+# Run the command; keep its exit status; wrap the command in braces so that the
+# out files are always opened even if the command is not found or otherwise
+# can't be run; some BSD shells require this, I forget which ones
 { "$@" ; } >"$dir"/stdout 2>"$dir"/stderr
 ret=$?
 
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