redirected output not going to file for all cases - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

reborg · #3 (**permalink**) 09-28-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

The errors are going to stderr (2) Normal output goes to stdout (1)

Code:

$ ./Engine 2>&1 > ../engine_output.txt

This makes both streams go to ../engine_output.txt

It won't make both streams go to the file becasue 2 is duplicated to 1 before 1 is redirected to the file. As a result stdout goes to the file and stderr goes to stdout.

Code:

$ ./Engine > ../engine_output.txt 2>&1