Aaah, it seems the server has absorbed the greater character.
command > filename redirects the stdout to a file, so any output from the command will be redirected to the file 2 > &1 redirects stderr to stdout, which in my case is redirected to file hubbabubba.txt the traling & puts the command in the background Please excuse my multiple postings. > Am 01.08.2019 um 16:39 schrieb Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > I just noticed that my last post was not easy to read > > I´ve used the following shell command to redirect to a file instead of to > /dev/null > > /users/matthias/downloads/temp/MailHog > > /users/matthias/downloads/temp/hubbabubba.txt 2>&1 & > > > My script looked like this > > put "/users/matthias/downloads/temp/MailHog > > /users/matthias/downloads/temp/hubbabubba.txt 2>&1 &" into tShell > put shell(tShell) > answer URL "file:/users/matthias/downloads/temp/hubbabubba.txt" > > > The answer dialog showed up immediately after executing the shell and it > contained the redirected stdout data. > > > > >> filename redirects the stdout to a file > 2 > &1 redirects stderr to stdout, which in my case is > redirected to file hubbabubba.txt > > & puts the command in the background > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode