Shell command doesn't give feedback until done

[Sarah Reichelt]

>> If anyone can explain the "2>&1" section of the command, I would  
>> be  most interested :-)
>> It seems to be critical but I have no idea why!
>>
>>
> It's used to redirect the *error* output from a command.  Simply  
> ">" redirects standard output, and "2>" redirects any error output.  
> Google  "error output redirect" for more info than anyone could  
> possibly want :-)
>
I think we may have already reached that point :-)

Thanks, Alex.

Sarah