redirecting stdout in /etc/rc

[Robert_Toxen%anvil.UUCP at harvard.harvard.edu]

> From: rs%mirror.uucp at BRL.ARPA
> Subject: Redirection in /etc/rc* in 4.2
> Date: 28 Mar 86 21:12:00 GMT
> 
> I sent this out once before, but I don't think it made it out
> the door....
> 
>     In BSD4.2, is there any good reason why /etc/rc shouldn't
>-    have an "exec >/dev/console 2>1" at the top, and punt all
>+    have an "exec >/dev/console 2>&1" at the top, and punt all
>     those line-by-line redirections throughout it and rc.local?
> 
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I doubt there is any reason not to do it. We did essentially the same thing
for the Onyx System III port. Note that I added an ampersand (&) which is
needed.

Note that it is a common error in UNIX ports to forget to redirect stderr
(particularly for fsck) in /etc/rc from its default of essentially /dev/null.

Bob Toxen
Stratus Computer
{ucbvax!ihnp4,harvard}!anvil!bob
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