On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:10:49AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090814143355.ga5...@146653177.ece.utexas.edu>, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:08:16PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > >> Without ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null" > > > >Minor tip. You can replace > /dev/null 2> /dev/null with the shorthand > >&> /dev/null to achieve the same effect. :-) > > ...in bash. It's not POSIX standard. It's also not supported by a number > of alternative shells for Linux. > > I use '>/dev/null 2>&1', which is portable.
As soon as I said it, I started wondering if it is a bashism. Thanks for this clarification. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
