On Sun, 7 Apr 2002, Chris Hellyar wrote: > Trivia Q: Why two pipes to null?
[...] > > 5 6 * * * /path/to/file/file_to_run 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null [...] '1' is the stdout filedescriptor, '2' is the stderr filedescriptor, always opened by the system on behalf of the process being run. In bash the above line could be rewritten as 1>/dev/null 2>&1 Or you could send just the output to the big bit bucket and keep the error messages. Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
