.TH "standard error" "" "" Definition
.PC
.PP
The
.B "standard error"
is the peripheral device or file where programs write
error messages by default.
It is defined in the header file \fBstdio.h\fR
under the abbreviation \fBstderr\fR, and
by default is the computer's monitor.
.PP
The shell
lets you redirect into a file all text written to the standard error device.
To do so, use the shell operator
.BR 2> .
For example
.DM
	make 2>errorfile
.DE
.PP
redirects all error messages generated by
.B make
into file
.BR errorfile .
.SH "See Also"
.Xr "Programming COHERENT," programmi
.Xr "stderr," stderr
.Xr "stdio.h" stdio.h
