Re: what is 2>&1 ? why not & only ?

[Mikhail A. Sokolov]

On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 06:38:19PM +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
Since it's a sh(1) script, you could consult your sh(1) manuall for this. 
In particular, it's done so to redirect stdio and stderr as applicable.

 # hello,
# I was looking into the RunCache script and I have
# seen that 2>&1 is used for backgrounding the job
# but why not & only ?
# what is the difference?

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-mishania