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From: tjs@cs.monash.edu.au (Toby Sargeant)
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Subject: Re: error file..
Date: 21 Jun 1998 06:54:35 GMT
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On Fri, 19 Jun 1998 09:12:23 +0100, Jim <jim@micronetics.com> wrote:
>gcc directs all errors to stderr.  
>Use >& to redirect stderr to stdout.
>
>gcc main.c > error.lst 2>&1

Is this NT/95 syntax? is it the same as gcc main.c 2>&1 > error.lst? If it
isn't, then whoever wrote the NT/95 shell should be _shot_. Under sh (where
this syntax came from), your example would redirect stdout to a file, and
then redirect stderr to stdout (but not to the file). That's the way it
should be.

toby.