On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 04:55:40PM +0000, horst wrote:

> Actually I did a bit of rtfm, but didn't find anything searching for
> 'stderr', 'standard\ error' , 'combine' but to be fair the man pages say:
> 
> "Control structures should be parsed rather than being recog-
>      nized as built-in commands.  This would allow  control  com-
>      mands to be placed anywhere, to be combined with `|', and to
>      be used with `&' and `;' metasyntax
> "  ((which I interpreted as the &background...))
> 
> "Diagnostic output may be directed through a  pipe  with  the
>      standard  output.  Simply use the form `|&' rather than just
>      `|'.
> "

IMO, it's just another example of OBSD's great documentation.  The second
quote is almost exactly like in the OBSD manpage, except the OBSD manpage
is a bit clearer: 'Diagnostic' -> 'Standard error'.  What does 'diagnostic'
mean?  Standard error is well defined.

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