On 31-mrt-2007, at 21:56, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
On 3/31/07, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm using a simple script for making backups with tar. I can't make
tar quiet, so cron keeps mailing me 'Removing leading `/' from
member names' . Adding > /dev/null doesn't help. What can I do to
catch tar's output and keep it from shouting all over the place?
a "> /dev/null" redirects stdout to /dev/null, but stderr is left
untouched.
a "&> /dev/null" redirects both stdout and stderr to /dev/null.
Yep, that did the trick
A google search for [redirection bash] brings you here:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO-3.html
Will look at this, looks better than the howto I used until now.
Tnx,
Peter
