sh dev/null Permission denied apache

Question

I am using Mac osx Mountain Lion for development.

I am trying to execute a shell command in php using the 'exec' function. At the end of my command I am putting the output to > /dev/null 2>dev/null &.

However it does not work and the error in /var/log/apache2/error_log is:

sh: dev/null: Permission denied

How can I get this to work without throwing this error?

Read closely as to what the error messages says. It's the answer to your problem. — mdpc, Feb 16 '13 at 06:17

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 16 '13 at 04:02

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you seem to have missed the leading /. is it possible you entered dev/null instead of /dev/null?

edited Feb 16 '13 at 04:02

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redirecting stdout and stderr i would do that way: > /dev/null 2>&1 – replay Feb 16 '13 at 04:03

sh dev/null Permission denied apache

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