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Re: ": ambiguous redirect" error
From: |
Philip Lijnzaad |
Subject: |
Re: ": ambiguous redirect" error |
Date: |
15 Oct 2001 11:54:54 +0100 |
> I've tried to add the ability to have a place that always contains the
> updated files, as described in the CVS ducument in section C.7.2 and placed
> the line
> ^Test (date; cat; (sleep 2; cd /home/rabusch/testing; cvs -q update -d) &)
>>> $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1
> in the loginfo file, but it didn't work, and when I commit something, I get
> the message ": ambiguous redirect".
I think that should be:
^Test (date; cat; sleep 2; cd /home/rabusch/testing; cvs -q update -d ) >>
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/updatelog 2>&1 &
(untested though). Make sure that the default shell for this user is right
(sh-style, not csh). I think the extra pair of braces is needed, so I left
them out.
Philip
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