Re: what is 2>&1 ? why not & only ?

From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 10:36:02 -0700 (MST)

On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> hello,
> I was looking into the RunCache script and I have
> seen that 2>&1 is used for backgrounding the job
> but why not & only ?
> what is the difference?

Try "man sh". Search for ">&" or the "Redirections" section.

Alex.
Received on Sun Feb 07 1999 - 10:13:43 MST

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