Doug wrote: > I am trying to troubleshoot an existing script and > have located the point of failure. Before I make > any changes I need to know what the bolded entry > is doing/for: > > mount /dev/dsk/$disk /mnt [b]2>/dev/null[/b] > > I know that if I leave it off everything will work, but does anyone have an > idea what the bolded part is trying to do?
The part marked by [b]/[/b] is a stream rediction which sends all output of stream "2" to the file "/dev/null". /dev/null is a "special" file which discards all output and "2" is the stream for error messages, therefore all error messages will be discardet. ---- Bye, Roland P.S.: Is there a way to see the whole script ? -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
