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

[Alex Rousskov]

On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> 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?

Try "man sh". Search for ">&" or the "Redirections" section.

Alex.