On Tue 11. of December 2007 09:44:18 Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Tuesday 11 December 2007, fedusr wrote: > > Why is 'tar --create --verbose' output not sent to <stderr>? There could > > be a default value switching <stdout> to <stderr> in '--create' > > operations, and '--list' keeps operating in <stdout> stream mode. > > > > But it remains a little bit strange resp. a dilemma. The 'GNU Coreutils > > Manual' says: > > not that this is coreutils ... > > verbose output is not error output, thus it goes to stdout. > > i'd just say outputting to stdout while attempting to use verbose output is > kind of dumb. if you need this voodoo, just use "-" like everyone else > instead of messing around with /dev/stdout or /proc/self/fd/1 or whatever > other silly idea pops into your head. > -mike
Sure, it is dumb, but good programs should be foolproof, don't you think?
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