how to output stdout to a file

SciYro · 02-25-2004, 04:26 PM

ok, well iv been trying to get something to compile but it just givs like 1000 erors and im positive its the first error that caused everythign to error out, only 1 problem, i cant get "make" to redirect its output to a file, i used "make -n filename" but it doesent include the errors in the file, wich is realy what i only want,

so my question is, is there a program that can save the information sent to stdout to a file?

Mara · 02-25-2004, 04:31 PM

Errors don't go to stdout, they usually go to stderr instead. You can send all errors to a file using
make 2> filename

SciYro · 02-25-2004, 04:52 PM

ah thx, that did the trick, but just outa curisoity what does the 2 stand for?

Mara · 02-25-2004, 05:02 PM

2 - stderr
1 - stdout
0 - stdin

SciYro · 02-25-2004, 05:08 PM

ah ic, thx again Mara