-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2012 06:47 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/07/2012 05:18 AM, rabidblogger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> I've searched the web and cannot find anything which explains these to my satisfaction. > > I don't know.... But I have lots of them (3496) belonging to processes such as kded4, knotify4, konsole, pulseaudio, chrome, thunderbird, and others.... So, I'm sure it simply is due to using a common system call...... > > Besides, you asked the same question on OpenSUSE. > Process starting with their output redirected to /dev/null? I know it is used a lot in batch files where you do want any of the version or identification output of a program - just the return code and whatever the program does. It is also sometimes used to send any error output to the bit bucket. Another common use is in cron jobs - you only want output if there is an error, or any output to be output through syslog. Normal program output would generate an unwanted e-mail message from the cron job. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlAgdjgACgkQqbQrVW3JyMR0qQCfSTreBPVOCYjBs8owpQKDoVRP EZYAnAvM6P6L4uK3Cp3BUf74AOZW0cho =XheV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
