[ale] re: standard error to a file

[gamyers at atlml1.atlprom.att.com]

If you always want the standard out to go to the same file, add the
following to the top of the script:

exec 2>stderr_file_name

Geoffrey Myers - gamyers at attmail.com

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> From transam at cavu.com Tue Sep 10 17:12:00 1996
> From: David Hamm <dhamm at itserve.com>
> To: "'ALE'" <ale at cc.gatech.edu>
> Subject: [ale] Bash Shell Scripting
> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:30:29 -0400

> I've seen somewhere that you could redirect the output from _stderr_ of a
> program to a file,
> ...

	program 2> stderr_file

also

	program > stdout_file 2> stderr_file

Btw, csh types can do the following (assuming stdout is the terminal)

	(program > /dev/tty ) >& stderr_file

or

	(program > stdout_file ) >& stderr_file

Bob Toxen
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