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From: "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mexcom.net.mx>
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elmore@sohopros.com wrote:
> 
> In /etc/crontab what do this mean?
> 
> 2>&1 | mail root
> 
> I know that | mail root means mail something
> to root but I don't know what the 2>&1 means.
> 
sends standard error to standar output

For more info, check redirections at

man sh
man csh
man ksh

or whatever shell you like.

Saludos

RafaReta

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