Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 20:18:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> To: elmore@sohopros.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/crontab Message-ID: <199807140318.UAA00873@ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980713181249.elmore@sohopros.com>
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At the head to /etc/crontab, SHELL=/bin/sh This means that shell commands are sh commands. 2>&1 directs stderr output to stdin. Remember, there are 3 standard devices, stdin, stdout, stderr, corresponding to 0, 1, and, 2. See 'man sh'. There is a good chapter in The UNIX Programming Environment, Kernighan and Pike, Prentice-Hall, on standard i/o programming. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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