> Luke Bakken wrote: >>> cmd1 2>&1 >$WHERE >> >> This doesn't do what you think it does, which I'm assuming is redirect >> stderr and stdout to $WHERE. >> > > What does it do? I was of the belief that it is indeed doing the above, > and the log/scratch files I redirect to have always seemed to back that > up, showing both stdout- and stderr-looking output. I'd really like to > know, and if there's something wrong with doing "2>&1 >" then what is > the correct method? > > Thank you, > Mark > >
The `2>&1` syntax directs the STDERR output to wherever STDOUT is going at the time of evaluation. (Note that 2>&1 comes before >$WHERE so STDOUT has not been redirected yet.) See man ksh for more information. Tim Donahue
