On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 4/27/99 3:36:20 AM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > What does the "2" and "1" stand for, and the "&" ? > > One is standard output, right? > > > > > > 2>&1 is the Linux was of saying - send all the standard output (1) and error > msgs (2) to a file. The & is necessary syntax to make it work. 2>&1 is the sh/bash way of saying ......... In csh/tcsh there is a different syntax to redirect both stdout and stderr >& In all Unices I've used, cron uses sh/bash to run the jobs - not sure if that can be changed, I haven't delved.
