Hi,I am running C program on windows server 2008, I want to redirect it's output to some file.But it seems the redirection is not working in 2k8 as i get an empty file each time.I have tried both > and >> operators for this purpose.The same program when i run on Window server 2003 redirects output properly.Can anybody tell me the reason and any alternative for redirection.Thanks in advance.

Can you please confirm whether you have at leastNTFS write or modify permission on the folder? I had the same issue previously and I had to explicitly grant my account modify permission to a folder (using icacls.exe) in order for my output file to get generated inside the folder.Regards,Salvador Manaois IIIC|EH MCSE MCSA MCITP|Server/Enterprise AdminBytes & Badz : http://badzmanaois.blogspot.com/

I am logged in using adminstrator account, So there shouldn't be any such problem. Moreover, the program is not generating output file. I am redirecting the output to a file.e.g.output.exe > file.txtThe file "file.txt"gets created but it remains empty.

There was a bug in the program i was running that's why this behavior was there. But i am still not getting why same program is showing different behavior on win2k3 and win2k8.

even if you're logged in as the local admin, i would still run the cmd prompt with elevated administrator privilages (run as)and see what the behaviour is...UAC can have some odd issues...

Hi,I would suggest to check the following.To check the permission or a problem with output.exe: Go to the Command Prompt Ensure you are in the same path where you want to execute output.exe run this command "Dir > hello.txt" (It must create hello.txt) See the content of hello.txt either by opening in Notepad or run this command in the same path "Type hello.txt" (This must show the content of the directory) IF command in steps 3 and 4 perfectly working fine then there must be some issue with output.exe program otherwise there are permission problem as suggested above. Keep us writing and hope this will help you to resolve the issue.Regards,TilakIT Consultant

Maybe "output.exe" is not writing to the "Standard Output" but explicit to the screen.> and >> redirects output to Std. Output, whereas 2> redirects Standard Error.- Duelund