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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:53:54 +0300
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net>
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Subject: Re: problem updating src
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On 2005-06-13 04:41, Denny White <dennyboy@cableone.net> wrote:
> Been using The Complete FreeBSD & doing okay until I tried using the
> following example to update /usr/src:
>
> cd /usr
> cvs co -r RELENG_5_4 src 2>&1 | tee /var/tmp/co.log
>
> I get this:
>
> Ambiguous output redirect

You're using the wrong shell.  The 2>&1 redirection for standard error
messages works fine in /bin/sh and its derivatives.  It doesn't in csh.

Run the command shown above in /bin/sh or Bash and everything should
work as expected.

- Giorgos