On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 06:08, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > Hi Michael > > --- "Michael H. Warfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 05:03:38PM -0700, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Hi Michael, > > > Thanks a lot for your help. > > > > > Two constructs: > > > " > /dev/null 2>&1" > > > "2>&1 > /dev/null" > > > > > [ ... ] > > > > > I understand now: the result of both constructs is the *same*, but > > > you seem to be disagreeing: "That ["2>&1 > /dev/null"] probably > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ... just you to make it clear: I *thought* you'd probably be > disagreeing (tho' I actually didn't know ...) > > > > > won't do what you want and certainly does NOT do what's above > > > [i.e." > /dev/null 2>&1", and I didn't understand the rest of your > > > sentence - important? - :] (unless stdout was aleady directed > > > to /dev/null)." > > > > Ok... Let me do this through example... > > > > Script one calls script two as follows... > > > > Script 1: > > > > [ ... ] > > I'll let you know as soon as I understood what you were explaining > (it will take me some time ... :) ... ) > > Again: thanks a lot. :) > Wolfgang man bash has a pretty good explanation as well. IIRC a search for REDIRECTION will get you there pretty quick.
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