Re: Writing CRON job to null.

[Per-Olof Widstrom <pow@ikaros.big.du.se>]

> >When running fetchmail from CRON, how can I write the output to /dev/null to
> >save the CRON job spamming me with mail.
> >
> >I have tried adding > /dev/null to the end of the cron line, all to no
> >avail.
> 
> Try
> 
> 	command >/dev/null 2>&1
> 
What does the "2" and "1" stand for, and the "&" ?
One is standard output, right?

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