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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:57:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        peter@clari.net.au (Peter Hawkins)
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/7368: Added options to /usr/bin/time
Message-ID:  <199807240657.XAA06551@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980724123956.16854A-100000@enya.hilink.com.au> from Peter Hawkins at "Jul 24, 98 12:40:26 pm"

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According to Peter Hawkins:
> > How does one redirect via a shell the output of /usr/bin/time
> > without redirecting the output from the command that is being
> > timed. The answer is you can't, and is the motivation for the new
> 
> Want a bet?
> 
> time 2>/dev/tty ls > t
> 
> Peter
> 

Yeah. sure.

troutmask:kargl[203] time 2>/dev/tty ls > t
Ambiguous output redirect.


-- 
Steve

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