2>&1

[Mike Jeays]

On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 08:46 -0400, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> When using cron, I understand the >/dev/null thing OK, but what exactly does 
>  >2&1 do? Is it usefull anywhere else? Where might one find ducumentation on 
> it?
> 
> -Grant
> 
> 
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It directs both stdout and stderr to /dev/null.  Look in 'man bash', or
any tutorial on bash for a more detailed description.  Quite confusing
syntax, and a hard-to-remember incantation, IMHO.

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Mike Jeays
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