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Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:50:46 -0800
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From:	Jeremy Hetzler <jeremyhetzler AT mail DOT earthlink DOT net>
Subject:	Re: >/dev/stderr broken in /bin/sh?, makewhatis unhappy, &
	apropos confused, or just me?
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At 07:18 PM 3/9/2003 -0800, linda w \(cyg\) wrote:

>I normally use bash and this works in bash:
>
>echo "hello stderr" >/dev/stderr
>echo "hello stdout" >/dev/stdout
>
>But in /bin/sh:
>
>$ echo hello stderr >/dev/stderr
>cannot create /dev/stderr: directory nonexistent
>$ echo hello stdout >/dev/stdout
>cannot create /dev/stdout: directory nonexistent
>$
>
>---
>         I'm guessing this isn't supposed to work this way?
>
>         "makewhatis -v" doesn't like seem to like it:
>law> makewhatis -v
>/usr/sbin/makewhatis: cannot create /dev/stderr: directory nonexistent
>
>         I invoked the -v when a simple "makewhatis" yielded
>"cd: can't cd to /cygdrive/c/Documents"

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg00097.html

Jeremy Hetzler



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