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- From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
- Subject: Re: Sort problem . .
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.094428.17460@prl.dec.com>
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- References: <1992Jul27.123415.977@leland.Stanford.EDU> <zynm!yh.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul29.205422.6336@prl.dec.com> <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 09:44:28 GMT
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- In article <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
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- > BTW, since when is stderr reserved for "non-information"? Frankly, I
- > say send to stderr anything that is non-essential in the redirection of
- > stdout or in piping of stdout, such as sorting.
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- Standard error is for _errors_.
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- If it's `non-essential' then don't output it in the first place.
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- Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com
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