> At 08:49 AM 12/21/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the >>output of stdout redirected to a file. >> >>After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the >>impression the following would redirect stdout to a file, but I cannot >>seem to get it to work. >> >>tar -cvzf root.tgz /root > /dev/null 2>/home/jay/tarlog >> >>I'm sure it is something simple I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing it. >> >>Thanks for your help. >> >>Jay > > In your command line above you are redirecting stdout to /dev/null and > stderr to your file. > > try: > > tar -cvzf root.tgz /root > /home/jay/tarlog 2>&1 > When I run the above, I receive the following message. Ambiguous output redirect.
Any suggestions? What I found Googling on the message indicates I am trying to write the output to multiple locations. I am using the bourne shell. I am using the right syntax? Thanks, Jay _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
