Hi all, On Thursday 12 Sep 2002 1:20 am, Tim Musson wrote: > Hey Mohd, > > My MUA believes you used > to write the following on Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 4:13:56 AM. > > > > MS> Hi , > MS> How I can send my errors to a null device under windows > environment(winxp). MS> I tried $myoutput= `anycommand 2>null ` , but > always this command create a MS> file called null . > MS> Thanks. > > for some reason, MS decided to implement using only one L in nul. > > $myoutput= `anycommand 2>nul`
This is due to an early limitation in DOS where devices could not be 3 letters, e.g. prn, con. -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
