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Subject: RE: Redirect to /dev/null
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> What is the proper way to redirect output to /dev/null? I've=20
> been using the following in my crontab but output is still=20
> ending up in my mailbox.
>=20
> ... 2>&1 > /dev/null

The ampersand preceeds the greater-than symbol, and you redirect STDOUT
to /dev/null, and then redirect STDERR to STDOUT.

 ... > /dev/null 2&>1

=20