what is 2>&1 ? why not & only ?

From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 18:38:19 +0200 (EET)

hello,
I was looking into the RunCache script and I have
seen that 2>&1 is used for backgrounding the job
but why not & only ?
what is the difference?
Received on Sun Feb 07 1999 - 09:21:33 MST

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