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From: Martin.Ward%durham.ac.uk@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Martin Ward)
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Date: 1 Oct 90 10:41:10 GMT
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okamoto@hpcc01.HP.COM (Jeff Okamoto) mentioned (correctly) that backtick ``
only collects stdout and not stderr. To collect both you can use:
	@output = `command 2>&1`;

			Martin.

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