standard error -- Definition

The standard  error is the  peripheral device or file  where programs write
error messages by default.  It is  defined in the header file stdio.h under
the abbreviation stderr, and by default is the computer's monitor.

The shell  lets you redirect into  a file all text  written to the standard
error device.  To do so, use the shell operator 2>. For example

    make 2>errorfile

redirects all error messages generated by make into file errorfile.

See Also

Programming COHERENT,
stderr,
stdio.h

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness