[RndTbl] stderr/stdout in Linux cronjobs?

Hi All, I have a weird (or stupid idk) problem. A script of mine produces different results when ran interactively as root, from when ran as a cron job. used=`report -i --csv 2>/dev/null | awk '/Total/ {print $4}'` echo $used is Total The command executed says "Using config file XXX" to stderr and something useful to stdout of which I extract the value of Total. Redirecting the barf to /dev/null. Now as a cron job the $used is empty. I believe that cronjob would redirect stderr to stodut? But here it happens also for the subprocesses ? Confused.. -- Grigory Shamov Westgrid/ComputeCanada Site Lead University of Manitoba E2-588 EITC Building, (204) 474-9625