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From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: Re: Cannot change X screen resolution [tcsh?]
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Isn't this discussion about 2> and &1 etc. shell-dependent (tcsh)?

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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Bob Giesen wrote:
> > > Capture the output of the X startup and check the messages.
> > I tried
> > 	# startx 2 > & 1  > /var/tmp/startuplog
> > and get
> > 	Ambiguous output redirect.

>    It's ambiguous because of the space you have after the ampersand
> ("&").  The shell is trying to run the command "startx 2 >" in the
> background. (It is ambiguous in that you're beginning to redirect
> the stderr output without telling the shell where you want it to
> go...)  You must not have a space between the ampersand and the "1."
>    Still, this command will not log error output.  See my earlier
> message for details.
> Bob
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