[KLUG Members] this puzzles me very much

[Peter Buxton]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:50:55AM +0200, Bert wrote:

> # ** here the problem begins **
> if (try-this) {
> 		`pgp -sa $stamp 100 2>&1 > /dev/null`;
> }

Well, #1:

  pgp -sa blah blah blah > /dev/null 2>&1

the 2>&1 goes on the end. Trust me (or trust man bash(1)). Or:

  pgp -sa blah blah blah &> /dev/null

works just as well. Try:

  `set |sort > /tmp/DEBUG ; pgp jdfhf dfh fjh fhfdj &> /dev/null` ;


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