Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:14:43 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2>&1 Message-ID: <1148822083.95778.100.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> In-Reply-To: <00d601c68254$b814c330$6501a8c0@grant> References: <00d601c68254$b814c330$6501a8c0@grant>
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On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 08:46 -0400, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > When using cron, I understand the >/dev/null thing OK, but what exactly does > >2&1 do? Is it usefull anywhere else? Where might one find ducumentation on > it? > > -Grant > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" It directs both stdout and stderr to /dev/null. Look in 'man bash', or any tutorial on bash for a more detailed description. Quite confusing syntax, and a hard-to-remember incantation, IMHO. -- Mike Jeays http://ca.geocities.com/mike.jeays@rogers.com
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