Re: more errors
Darren Eckhoff (eckhoffdl@ingalls.com)
Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:26:14 +0000
James wrote:
>
> On 13 Jun 1999, Doug Alcorn wrote:
>
> # you can see what is happening. Alternatively, you can 'startx >
> # startx.out 2>&1' and then look at that file after you get started up
>
> it's
>
> startx 2>&1 startx.out
>
> isn't it? I can never remember the '2>&1' bit, but what you typed looks
> as though it redirects stdout from startx into the file startx.out, then
> redirects that to stdout and stderr (which won't work because files don't
> produce output when used like that).
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NO, he had it right: startx > startx.out 2>&1
The way it reads is, redirect stdout to file startx.out and redirect
stderr to the same as stdout. I use it often.
Darren Eckhoff
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