Yes: so that I can have change the default destination of stdout and stderr without having to explicitly state the redirect for each command.
Here's a slightly different example: $ ( exec > log 2> log.err ; echo hello ; date ; foo ) $ tail -v -n 1 * ==> log <== Wed Dec 10 21:42:15 CST 2008 ==> log.err <== bash: foo: command not found Also, /dev/console doesn't work: $ ( echo "world" > /dev/console) bash: /dev/console: Permission denied Regards, - Robert On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Eric Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any reason to not explicitly redirect stdout stream (man 3), rather than the > /dev/stdout device? or am I not understanding the problem? > > > ( echo "hello" > afoo; echo "there" > bfoo; echo "world" > /dev/console) > > > Cheers; > > E! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
