Re: Redirecting STDERR

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From: Brian Cooper
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 00:45

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In article <1d9g03INNq53@golem.wcc.govt.nz> dennis_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>I know this must have been asked 1000 times before, but I haven't been
>able to find the answer.  I would appreciate it if someone can just
>point me to the relevant information.
>
>How can I redirect (or just suppress) output from a program that is
>going to stderr rather than stdout?
>
>Ideally, I need a command that I could use from a batch file before
>and after running the program that would send all stderr output to
>somewhere other than the screen.
>

How about putting 'ctty nul:' in front of the program invocation and
'ctty con:' afterwards?  That ought to shut it up!

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