Re: how to start a delayed shutdown over ssh and disconnect immediately?

[Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:10:49AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <[🔎] 20090814143355.GA5433@146653177.ece.utexas.edu>, Kumar Appaiah wrote:
> >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:08:16PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> >> Without ">/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
> >
> >Minor tip. You can replace > /dev/null 2> /dev/null with the shorthand
> >&> /dev/null to achieve the same effect. :-)
> 
> ...in bash.  It's not POSIX standard.  It's also not supported by a number 
> of alternative shells for Linux.
> 
> I use '>/dev/null 2>&1', which is portable.

As soon as I said it, I started wondering if it is a bashism. Thanks
for this clarification.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah