1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/hush.c b/shell/hush.c
index 7e6d3567b..4f4012db8 100644
--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
@@ -2064,7 +2064,8 @@ static int setup_redirects(struct command *prog, int squirrel[])
                                 squirrel[redir->fd] = dup(redir->fd);
                         }
                         if (openfd == -3) {
-                                //close(openfd); // close(-3) ??!
+                                /* "-" means "close me" and we use -3 for that */
+                                close(redir->fd);
                         } else {
                                 dup2(openfd, redir->fd);
                                 if (redir->dup == -1)