From: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
To: devin@synapticvision.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Sending errors from psql to error file
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:09:21 +0100
Message-ID: <1092323361.11184.34.camel@braydb> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1092322881.23985.38.camel@192.168.1.80>
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On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 16:01, Devin Whalen wrote:
> > zcat cli_postDataInserts.sql.gz |
> > psql -d cli_post -U system --echo-queries -f - >trace.file 2>&1
>
> Just a few questions about your command. I tried it with one sql
> statement that I know doesn't work and the error went into the right
> file. However, I would like to know WHY it works...hope you don't mind
> shedding some light on it :). Specifically, the - >trace.file 2>&1
> part. I know...well actually think, that the > is redirecting the ouput to the trace.file. But what the hell is 2>&1 doing??
> Also, the - ...it kinda just looks like a stray dash to me....although I know it must be doing something ;).
> Will this put all output? Or just the errors.
">" redirects standard output
"2>" redirects standard error
Your command did not redirect standard error, so the errors didn't get
to grep
The syntax for -f is "-f filename"; the filename "-" means standard
input. (Check the man page for psql!)
Oliver
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Subject: Re: Sending errors from psql to error file
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