Date: Sun, 18 Dec 94 01:11:56 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: output redirection in version 2
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

> There is currently nothing new in V2 in this area, since this is really
> a shell function.  As a matter of fact, 2r1, 1r2, and the mono redirection
> stuff don't currently exist in V2.  Maybe it makes sense to put a 
> redirection utility in the bundle.

I'll second that suggestion.  Certainly "how do I redirect error messages to
a file?" is one of the most common questions on this list.  And once you have
such a utility, isn't an option to redirection stderr and stdout to different
places a trivial enhancement?  How about a tee option?  Seeing error messages
on screen as they are generated and sending them to a file would be nice, but
I think that is harder.  I know there are utilities which do this, but I've
never seen them in source form, so I'm not sure just how they work or whether
they work in all environments.