Re: [listener] Garbage in /var/log/messages

[Ted Maczulat <va7tm@shaw.ca>]

I use the following to dump stdout and stderr to the null device.

/usr/local/bin/listener > /dev/null 2>&1

"> /dev/null"  puts stdout to the null device
"2>&1" puts stderr to stdout which is directed to the null device.

This I know works because I use it.

For your command to work you need a space after the >

so your command line should look like

/usr/local/bin/listener  1>  /dev/null 2>  /dev/null

I use tail -f /var/log/messages to watch the listener work...

Hope this helps...
Ted


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yvan" <nospamtome@ml1.net>
To: <listener@vanheusden.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [listener] Garbage in /var/log/messages


> I start listener with following line in /etc/rc.local:
>
> /usr/local/bin/listener 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
>
> but I get a lot of lines like this in my /var/log/messages:
>
> Apr 20 20:34:55 localhost listener: listener started
> Apr 20 20:35:17 localhost listener: Started recording to \
> /home/video/listener/04-20_20-35-17.wav
> Apr 20 20:35:27 localhost listener: Stopped recording (9 seconds)
> Apr 20 20:41:08 localhost listener: Started recording to \
> /home/video/listener/04-20_20-41-08.wav
> Apr 20 20:41:18 localhost listener: Stopped recording (9 seconds)
>
> It is hard to find anything in log file as a lot of small files gets
> recorded. How to stop listener writing this messages?
>
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