"Ambiguous pipeline" question

TOPCAT CONSULTING topcat at sk.sympatico.ca
Thu May 15 22:38:01 PDT 2003


From:  /etc/crontab:

/usr/sbin/periodic daily 2>&1 | sendmail root

The above works with no problem.  But, the following does not:

/usr/sbin/periodic daily 2>&1 | lpr
-it just gives me an "Ambiguous output redirect"

How can I get this to sendmail, *and* also to the printer?



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