| Arvind wrote:
| >  su - $amavisuser /usr/sbin/amavisd >/dev/null 2>&1
| >
| >
| > what does 2 > &1 mean here actually
| 
| this is called shell redirecting.
| "2>&1" makes the shell redirect STDERR to STDOUT.
| whcih is going to /dev/null


but what 2 stand for and why &1 , why not just 1 ?




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