Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!amdcad!sun!gorodish!guy From: guy@gorodish.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Further question about redirecting shell output Message-ID: <32466@sun.uucp> Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 23:08:37 EST Article-I.D.: sun.32466 Posted: Thu Oct 29 23:08:37 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Oct-87 17:36:01 EST References: <347@minya.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 7 Keywords: redirecting shell output > Conclusion: "exec >foo 2>&1" works sometimes, but there's something about the > above script that makes it not work. Such as the fact that it does "echo >foo 2>&1", not "exec >foo 2>&1"? Guy Harris {ihnp4, decvax, seismo, decwrl, ...}!sun!guy guy@sun.com