jjd@BBN.COM (James J Dempsey) (08/11/89)
I like that you can do >& (or &>) in bash as a shorthand to send stdout and stderr to a file. It would be nice if >>& worked to append stdout and stderr to a file. I suppose to be consistent, you should also add &>>, but I wouldn't mind only one form of the >& >>& shorthands. --Jim--
arnold@mathcs.emory.edu (Arnold D. Robbins {EUCC}) (08/11/89)
In article <8908101933.AA04226@life.ai.mit.edu> jjd@BBN.COM (James J Dempsey) writes: >I like that you can do >& (or &>) in bash as a shorthand to send >stdout and stderr to a file. It would be nice if >>& worked to append >stdout and stderr to a file. I suppose to be consistent, you should >also add &>>, but I wouldn't mind only one form of the >& >>& shorthands. Since BASH is supposed to be Bourne shell compatible program >> file 2>&1 will do the trick. No real need to add yet another syntax. -- Arnold Robbins -- Emory University Computing Center | Laundry increases DOMAIN: arnold@unix.cc.emory.edu | exponentially in the UUCP: gatech!emoryu1!arnold PHONE: +1 404 727-7636 | number of children. BITNET: arnold@emoryu1 FAX: +1 404 727-2599 | -- Miriam Hartholz