Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 20:59:17 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: elmore@sohopros.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/crontab Message-ID: <199807140059.UAA03152@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980713181249.elmore@sohopros.com> from "elmore@sohopros.com" at "Jul 13, 98 06:08:33 pm"
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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. this is sh syntax for "Redirect file descritor 2 to wherever f.d. 1 is". In other words, put stderr to the same stream as stdout. | mail root then mail that to root. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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