Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]

[The Grey Wolf]

In article <495 at rufus.UUCP> drake at drake.almaden.ibm.com writes:
>True in several cases.  But, unfortunately for us all, far too many of the 
>answers didn't fall into this category; many of the answers simply amounted
>to, "you can't".  A FAQ list is a great place to find usability problems 
>in software; hopefully the day will come with the FAQ list has answers, not
>rationalizations, for all the legitimate questions.

I object to your wording of "YOU CAN'T!" WRT redirection of stdout and
stderr separately in csh.  You CAN, it just requires some thought.
It's not like Bourne Shell which allows 1>outputfile 2>errfile...

Agreeably this is one of the shortcomings of csh, and I know that this
is why many prefer a sh-like interface to that of csh.  But that's a
religious issue which is better left dormant, unless you want to tell
me which shell(s) I can and cannot use.  I bring my own, thanks.

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>Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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