2008/5/31 Howard Coles jr <dhcolesj@xxxxxxxxxxx>:> You have to remember, however, that what this really means is that it can be> redirected. It goes by default to .xsession-errors, however an app may> redirect, or you may redirect to where ever you want. stderr (standard> error) as an output is more a standard interface than a destination. The app> just sends the error to "stderr" its up to you, the OS, the app, or in this> case X, to define where that is.>> I say all that so that if you look in ".xsession-errors" and don't see appA's> errors, that could just mean that appA has redirected to another location,> and you can change that location.>> Dotan, I think you know this, but maybe someone watching this thread is> wondering what "stderr" really is. stderr, stdin, stdout, etc, are all like> passthrough windows in a restaurant. I put the food in the window as the> cook, I have no idea what table its going to, and I don't care. the cook is> the app, and the window is "stderr". Another function, the waiter in our> example, takes the output, in this case the food, to the destination.>> I remember when I starded in Linux, this took me a bit to get a hold of for> some reason.
Thank you Howard. Actually, I did not know those details. I hadsuspected that stderr is like a device /dev/something which any appcan write to, but I was not sure. Now I know. Thanks.
Dotan Cohen
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