From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-09-22T17:19:35+09:00
Subject: Re: How to output result to text file?


"Hal Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:41511032.3000904@hypermetrics.com...
> nkb wrote:
> > Fabulous! This works! What exactly does '2' means? Where do I get info
> > about such thing as '2' or '3' or ??
>
> :) This is a Unix or Linux shellism, unrelated to Ruby as such. Read
> about bash or whatever shell you're using.
>
> The '2' comes from the fact that standard error is file descriptor 2
> (0 being stdin and 1 stdout).

Although some might not believe it, Windows' cmd.exe knows abuout these,
too.  So it's not only *nix. :-)

    robert