Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: What is the name of /dev/tty? Message-ID: <15666@topaz.rutgers.edu> Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 13:27:22 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.15666 Posted: Sat Oct 17 13:27:22 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 11:18:06 EDT References: <1418@zyx.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 5 Error messages should be written to "stderr" (file descriptor 2 in UNIX) not "stdout" (File descriptor 1). This I think will solve your problem, and be more like other UNIX applications. -Ron