Bob Hilliard wrote: > The redirection " 2>&1" isn't portable - it doesn't work with > /bin/dash.
Yes it is, and yes it does. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>dash $ perl -e 'print STDERR "foo\n"' >/dev/null foo $ perl -e 'print STDERR "foo\n"' >/dev/null 2>&1 $ > I have the impression the back-quotes for command redirection aren't > standard either - at least a number of people object to them. $(command) is perhaps slighlty more standard/easier to deal with, but backqoutes are POSIX. You will find both these constructs in portable configure scripts. -- see shy jo
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