.tr ~ .th FD2 I 5/31/77 .sh NAME fd2 \*- redirect file descriptor 2 (diagnostic output) .sh SYNOPSIS .bd fd2 [ fd2arg ] command [ command-arg ] ... .sh DESCRIPTION .it Fd2 executes .it command with file descriptor 2 (the diagnostic output) redirected to a file or to the standard output. There are three forms: .na .sp .lp +30 25 fd2 \-file comd ... [write on .it file ] .lp +30 25 fd2 \-\-file comd ... [append to .it file ] .lp +30 25 fd2 + comd ... [causes file descriptor 2 to be made the same as file descriptor 1] .i0 .sp In either of the first two cases, omission of .it file causes .bd msg.out to be used as the output file. Omission of .it fd2arg has the effect of .bd \-msg.out. .tr ~~