problem updating src

[Denny White]

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Alex Zbyslaw wrote:

> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>
>> On 2005-06-13 04:41, Denny White <dennyboy at cableone.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Been using The Complete FreeBSD & doing okay until I tried using the
>>> following example to update /usr/src:
>>> 
>>> cd /usr
>>> cvs co -r RELENG_5_4 src 2>&1 | tee /var/tmp/co.log
>>> 
>>> I get this:
>>> 
>>> Ambiguous output redirect
>>> 
>> 
>> You're using the wrong shell.  The 2>&1 redirection for standard error
>> messages works fine in /bin/sh and its derivatives.  It doesn't in csh.
>> 
>> Run the command shown above in /bin/sh or Bash and everything should
>> work as expected.
>> 
> Or run
>
> cvs co -r RELENG_5_4 src |& tee /var/tmp/co.log
>
> in (t)csh.
>
> --Alex
>
>
>
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Duh, back to the basics, right? :) Sorry for bothering
anyone with this. Should've thought of it myself. Very
confusing process for a relative newbie. Each book I
read seems to follow a different procedure. Like I said
in another answer to a help message about this, I think
I'd be better off for now just sticking to the fbsd docs.
Thanks for the help.



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