Eric A Kihn wrote: > /home/ekihn/j4/scripts/process_j4.pl 1>& /dev/null 2>>& /tmp/j4.error > > Where the STDOUT gets dumped but errors go to a log. The syntax above > is one of the permutations I've tried. With Bourne-type shells (sh, ksh, bash) you should do $ some | random | pipeline >/dev/null 2>the_log_file -- Luke Jones = luke/vortex/frii/fullstop/com