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FAQ Where does System.out and System.err output go
Revision as of 14:54, 1 May 2011 by Unnamed Poltroon (Talk) (New page: == Short answer == *System.out goes to stdout (file descriptor 1) * == A UNIX computer (including clones like Linux, BSD) users file descriptors to define the input and output streams. T...)
Short answer
- System.out goes to stdout (file descriptor 1)
A UNIX computer (including clones like Linux, BSD) users file descriptors to define the input and output streams. Three of them are hardcoded by the system and fixed:
stdin - the standard input stream has file descriptor 0 stdout - the standard output stream has file descriptor 1 stderr - the standard error stream has file descriptor 2