nohup command displays an message "ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout".

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • In Red Hat Enterprise Linux6, nohup command displays the following message:
$ /usr/bin/nohup ls -l > /dev/null &
(snip)
/usr/bin/nohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • nohup

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