>> means concatenate into the file starting at the end > means replace the file with this stuff
Sometimes it really hurts when you mix them up. Jay Brenneman Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: Linux on cc: 390 Port Subject: Re: Moving /usr to another disk <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 02/27/02 01:58 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port >Except there is currently a bug in the interface that for some devices, such >as DASD, the echo command MUST have a trailing blank in it: >echo "add device range=0100-0104 " >> /proc/dasd/devices I'd be interested to learn why the '>>' is suggested instead of '>' since both appear to do the same job.