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Date:      Mon, 13 Jul 1998 19:23:21 -0500
From:      "Rafael A. Reta Rodriguez" <rafareta@mexcom.net.mx>
To:        elmore@sohopros.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /etc/crontab
Message-ID:  <35AAA4F9.89553D48@mexcom.net.mx>
References:  <XFMail.980713181249.elmore@sohopros.com>

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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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