[Hampshire] Re: Xwindows

>> how do I
>> capture the output of the script if I need to paste it? If I do
>>
>> bash -x /etc/rc2.d/S99gdm start > lugpost
>>
>> then the file 'lugpost' just contains
>>
>> Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm
>>
>
> That's because there are two streams of output, number 1 (stdout)
> which is for normal output and number 2 (stderr) which is for error
> messages etc. If you use 1> or just > then that redirects stdout to
> the file. To put stderr into a file you have to redirect stream 2.
> Here is an illustration, the second version, with 2>, shows an error
> message being directed into a file:
>
> $ bash -x asdf >out
> bash: asdf: No such file or directory
> $ cat out
> $ bash -x asdf 2>out
> $ cat out
> bash: asdf: No such file or directory
> $
>
> HTH, Peter
>
>
>
Thanks, Peter. Still so much to learn!

Owain