On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 23:50 -0400, Joe Smith wrote: > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > ... > >> For fun, I looked at: /etc/init.d/nsd and there was code > >> in two places that had: 2>%1 (a stderr redirect?) and I suspected > >> it was intended to be: 2>&1? I was not sure the % was > >> something I have seen before - this does not exists in the > >> entire /etc/init.d directory except for nsd! Bug???? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Dan > >> > > I also found the same problems in: > > /etc/cron.hourly/nsd > > > > There are three places where the same 2>%1 appears > > but ALSO there is that /dev/nul (one "l") !!! > > > > Now, the question I have is: is 2>%1 a valid redirect > > string? If not, then it is only the cron script in 3 places > > but if it is not, then there are 5 places, two in init.d and > > three in the cron script. > > Yes, it's a valid redirection: it redirects stderr to a file named '%1' > in the current directory. Well that is true. What are the chances there is file %1 in the directory. It is possible if the creater of the script had a wicked sense of humor but unlikely. > > You may want to check around for that file--I assume the working > directory for cron and init is /, but I could be wrong. > > Each place where nsdc is run in those two scripts should be changed to > look like this: > /usr/sbin/nsdc command > /dev/null 2>&1 > > I.e., with the correct device name and redirect syntax. > > I expect filing an issue and passing along the corrections would be helpful. > > <Joe > -- ======================================================================= Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late. -- Mark Twain ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
