Or, you can do gcc .... >& outfile Which will send all output to the output file, rather than just the error text. -----Original Message----- From: m. [mailto:michal017@xxxxxxxxxx] gcc 2> err m. On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:24:05 -0700 (PDT) br engineering <br_engineering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >overfilled in Gnome desktop. I can see the top message >in a bash shell only but cannot store to a file. I >tried "gcc .... > outfile" but only got the invocation >line.