From 8c75b1387a33fdbf3cbc8ba8bfa0ab1851d30894 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:18:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: suggest Bash for large-fd script

* doc/tar.texi (Multi-Volume Archives): Suggest Bash for shell
script that might use >&10.  Problem reported by Edward F Eaglehouse in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2012-02/msg00002.html>.
---
 doc/tar.texi | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
index a52b322..3d82d25 100644
--- a/doc/tar.texi
+++ b/doc/tar.texi
@@ -11435,7 +11435,10 @@ archive being created (as given by @option{--file} option) and
 
 @smallexample
 @group
-#! /bin/sh
+#! /bin/bash
+# For this script it's advisable to use a shell, such as Bash,
+# that supports a TAR_FD value greater than 9.
+
 echo Preparing volume $TAR_VOLUME of $TAR_ARCHIVE.
 
 name=`expr $TAR_ARCHIVE : '\(.*\)-.*'`
-- 
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