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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!convex!convex!tchrist
  3. From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@convex.COM>
  4. Subject: Re: tcsh in the future - what should it be like?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul24.001340.18545@news.eng.convex.com>
  6. Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
  7. Keywords: tcsh
  8. Sender: usenet@news.eng.convex.com (news access account)
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: pixel.convex.com
  10. Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
  11. Organization: CONVEX Realtime Development, Colorado Springs, CO
  12. References: <2$71H9anf8@atlantis.psu.edu> <1992Jul15.022342.5243@news.eng.convex.com> <yeates.711917192@beryl17>
  13. Distribution: comp.unix.shell
  14. Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:13:40 GMT
  15. X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
  16.               Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
  17.               not necessarily those of CONVEX.
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  19.  
  20. From the keyboard of yeates@rtsg.mot.com (Tony J Yeates):
  21. :First redirect stdout, then redirect both stdout (now eliminated)
  22. :and stdout.  e.g. to "loose" stderr and retain stdout:-
  23. :
  24. :    ( command > /dev/tty ) >& /dev/null
  25.  
  26. You're deceiving yourself.  stdout just got lost.
  27. /dev/tty is NOT stdout.  See csh.whynot for details.
  28.  
  29. --tom
  30. -- 
  31.     Tom Christiansen      tchrist@convex.com      convex!tchrist
  32. I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that 
  33. have had a difficult time.
  34.         --Vice President Dan Quayle addressing workers at 
  35.