Re: Crontab errror

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From: Adam Carheden
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:00

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> I've never seen "/dev/stdout>/dev/null" so I
> couldn't say. It certainly isn't portable. If you leave out the "&"
> on 2>&1, you get a file called "1" with STDERR output in it.

I was just wondering if STDOUT could be used like a device, but you were
right, I checked and there is no such thing.  The 1 and 2 seem confusing
though.  How and when are they used other than redirection?  When do I
need the &?

-- 
Adam
carheden@holly.colostate.edu
http://holly.ColoState.edu/~carheden

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From: Adam Carheden <carheden@holly.colostate.edu>
Subject: Re: Crontab errror
Date: 1998/09/08
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