RE: bash woes

[KenrickC@aap.com.au]

>Ok - can someone explain the following:
>
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ ls
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ rm abc
>rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ rm abc 2>err
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ cat err
>rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ rm err
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > err
>rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
>jaycee@kanyon:/tmp$ rm abc 2>&1 > /dev/null
>rm: cannot remove `abc': No such file or directory
>
>Why can't I silently discard the output of rm?
>Am I missing something subtle?
>Something obvious?
>A vital brain part?

The ordering is significant...

"rm notafile > /dev/null 2>&1" will work
"rm notafile 2>&1 > /dev/null" will not..

- Chris


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