Each process has a STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR. 1>&2 means to pipe STDOUT through STDERR. I usually see 2>&1 meaning to pipe STDERR through STDOUT when capturing output. I'm not sure what the use of 1>&2 would be...
On Thursday 25 September 2003 14:55, Stephen Boulet wrote: > What does 1>&2 mean? > > For example, I have the following commands in local.start: > > route add -host 255.255.255.255 dev eth0 > route add 255.255.255.0 dev eth0 > /etc/init.d/dhcp start > > Should these commands each be followed by 1>&2? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
