what this command do ?

Hi,
I try to understand the qmail scripts in LWQ.
Can any body explain what this command do ?

/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1

some more about 2>&1 ??plz .

Please help .

learnq wrote:

> Hi,
> I try to understand the qmail scripts in LWQ.
> Can any body explain what this command do ?
>
> /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1
>
> some more about 2>&1 ??plz .
>
> Please help .
>

2>&1 means redirect the errors information (STDERR) to the normal output
(STDOUT)

qmail-pop3d is the pop3d application. Maildir designates the default
storage (Maildir or Mailbox are the two options.)
This is not a complete command and will not work if you just use that.

AK