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Subject: Re: Bug?? #+begin_src sh :file
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I get the expected result without the redirection:

#+begin_src sh :file this.txt
cat << EOF
1
2
3
EOF
#+end_src


On 16/09/2017 15:09, Charles Millar wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The following ECL is based on Grant Rettke's Org Scraps - 
> https://eschulte.github.io/org-scraps/scraps/2011-02-15-recutils.html
>
> #+begin_src sh :file this.txt
>
> cat << EOF > this.txt
>
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> EOF
>
> #+end_src
>
> When I execute the code block the file "this.txt" is created and so is 
> a link, i.e.
>
> #+RESULTS:
> _file:this.txt
>
> _However, the file is empty. According to the documentation for :file 
> I expected the following in "this.txt"
>
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> I tried :exports results but this.txt is still empty
>
> A bug? Or what am I missing?
>
> Charlie Millar