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From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: KT Sin <ktsin@acm.org>
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 2>&1 in /bin/sh
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KT Sin <ktsin@acm.org> writes:
> Just ran make world this morning and 2>&1 fd redirection stopped working
> for /bin/sh.
> 
> $ ls /bad/file > /dev/null 2>&1
> ls: /bad/file: No such file or directory
> 
> 2>&1 is used extensively in the /etc/rc* bootup scripts. Now, the bootup
> screen is cluttered with unwanted messages.
> 
> Any idea?

AFAIK, this was fixed.  Check the commit logs for sh(1).

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft

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