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From: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: redirecting stdout in /etc/rc
Message-ID: <793@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 21:42:10 EST
Article-I.D.: oliveb.793
Posted: Fri Apr 18 21:42:10 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 21-Apr-86 04:22:27 EST
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Reply-To: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre)
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca
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Summary: 

If you redirect output from /etc/rc to the console then the console
becomes the "controlling tty" for all processes spawned by /etc/rc.
(Cron, net daemons, etc.) This is probably undesirable.

Redirecting output of specific programs is OK depending on the program.

					Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
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