On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:59:45AM +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > Then it is excessive. Drop the "2>&1" and it should _still_ work. > As mentioned earlier, this incantation is backwards. Redirections are > applied left to right, so "2>&1" probably changes nothing. Hm. Actually, this is very common in Unix/Linux; it indicates redirecting the error stream into the stdout stream. If the messages are being generated on the stdout stream, you're right. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list