gzip question

[Hunki]

Problem Decription :
In my script I am using the following command :

gzip /qsm/ear/backup/EAR.ear.*

Let's say if the file does not exist and I get an error output when the script is running : "No such file or directory".

Question : How do I avoid this error output within the script ... redirecting it to /dev/null did not work.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Hunki:

You need to redirect STDERR:

# gzip /qsm/ear/backup/EAR.ear.* 2>/dev/null

Well-bahaved Unix coding puts error and warning output to STDERR (file descriptor-2).

Regards!

...JRF...

[Hunki]

Thanks JRF!