Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:08:22 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, kargl@apl.washington.edu, rotel@indigo.ie Subject: Re: bin/7368: Added options to /usr/bin/time Message-ID: <199807241008.UAA24202@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> How does one redirect via a shell the output of /usr/bin/time
>> without redirecting the output from the command that is being
>> timed.
Using a real shell:
time 3>&2 2>wherever sh -c "ls 2>&3 3>&-"
^^^^dup stderr on fd 3 ^^^^,^^^^ put back stderr, close fd 3
>> The answer is you can't, and is the motivation for the new
>> options.
Nope, see above.
>time sh -c "ls >x 2>&1" >y 2>&1
Nope, this redirects the output of the command that is being timed.
Bruce
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