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From: Frank Terbeck <frank.terbeck@rwth-aachen.de>
To: zsh list <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: losing stderr messages
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:20:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060616092059.GZ2780@fsst.voodoo.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060616085843.GA27632@hhs48.com>

Charles Hallenbeck <chuckh@hhs48.com>:
> I have a command sequence which works as expected when bash is the 
> default shell (/bin/sh) but which fails to capture stderr output when 
> /bin/sh points to zsh. Can someone tell me why, and better yet how to 
> find the missing stderr messages? The sequence is:
> 
> { ./configure && make && make install } &> log &
> 
> When run under bash, all three tasks are backgrounded, and all output is 
> sent to log. Under zsh, all three tasks are backgrounded, but only 
> stdout goes to log. stderr output vanishes somewhere. 

Hi Charles,
'&>' is not a POSIX compliant. It's a shortcut that bash uses, AFAIK.
You could use '>&', which is zsh's shortcut, or (if it's a script,
that uses '#!/bin/sh') stay compatible and use: '> log 2>&1 &'.

Regards, Frank


  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-16  9:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-16  8:58 Charles Hallenbeck
2006-06-16  9:20 ` Frank Terbeck [this message]
2006-06-16  9:21 ` Peter Stephenson
2006-06-16  9:36   ` Frank Terbeck

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