[1.7.27] cannot redirect output to /dev/clipboard: "write error: Permission denied"

[Jeremy Hetzler]

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jan  7 00:29, Jeremy Hetzler wrote:
>> I am getting errors when using bash redirect syntax to write to
>> /dev/clipboard. Reading works ok.
>>
>> # this does not work
>> $ echo "foo bar" >file.txt
>>
>> $ cat file.txt >/dev/clipboard
>> cat: write error: Permission denied
>
> That's supposed to be fixed in CVS since 2013-12-10.  Try a recent
> snapshot.
>
>
> Corinna
>

Works a treat, thanks.

-- Jeremy

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