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Redirect to /dev/null


From: Chris Elvidge
Subject: Redirect to /dev/null
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 23:35:46 +0100
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I've recently come across a crontab line:
0 */6 * * *     /usr/bin/modprobed-db store &> /dev/null

I've also read that '&> /dev/null' is outdated and should be replaced with '>/dev/null 2>&1'

True? And exactly why?


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Chris Elvidge
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