I guess a prerequisite to reading this article would be a basic understanding of coding in c of which I have none of. This stuff is way over my head. »

Oops, I mean 2>&1. »

We put our daemons right inside the inittab (poor practice, I know) and I always wondered about that mysterious 2>$1 on all of them. This really clears it up. »

I've been scripting all day and read this article for a break. I had a couple of those "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that..." moments. Just because it is basic doesn't mean it shouldn't be repeated once in awhile. »