Re: [expert] How do I get cron to shutup?

[Alexander Skwar]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:50:25AM -0600, Vincent Danen wrote:
> I've got the following in my /etc/crontab file:
> 
> */5 * * * * vdanen /usr/local/src/terra-2.3.0/ircd 1>/dev/null 2>1

The syntax to redirect the standard error stream to standard output is

something 2>&1

not

something 2>1

which would redirect standard error to the file named 1, and not the file
handle 1.

Alexander Skwar
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