Re^7: how to supress stdout

ikegami, I was commenting on observations we made on my last project (Strawberry perl on XP & Win2K3), where we resorted to using proper re-direction in a call to open() coz it (appeared to) work - having tried and failed to use it [proper redirection] in a DOS command window.

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

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Re^8: how to supress stdout by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 13, 2008 at 17:23 UTC
I don't understand. What do you mean by "proper redirection"? What other kind can it do? And what "is only true if the re-direction is done in the shell"?	[reply]
Re^9: how to supress stdout by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Dec 13, 2008 at 17:31 UTC
By 'proper redirection', I mean the redirection supported by *NIX, not the minimal redirection offered by Windoze. 'Above will work only when a bourne-like shell (FreeBSD /bin/sh, bash, zsh, etc.) handles the redirection' ... is only true if the re-direction is done in the shell. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re^10: how to supress stdout by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 13, 2008 at 17:39 UTC
'Above will work only when a bourne-like shell (FreeBSD /bin/sh, bash, zsh, etc.) handles the redirection' ... is only true if the re-direction is done in the shell. How can a shell handle redirection anywhere but in the shell? Still trying to understand what you wanted to communicate in Re^5: how to supress stdout. Your answers didn't help at all.	[reply]