On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 08:46 -0400, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > When using cron, I understand the >/dev/null thing OK, but what exactly does > >2&1 do? Is it usefull anywhere else? Where might one find ducumentation on > it? > > -Grant > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
It directs both stdout and stderr to /dev/null. Look in 'man bash', or any tutorial on bash for a more detailed description. Quite confusing syntax, and a hard-to-remember incantation, IMHO. -- Mike Jeays http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"