HELP - Redirect output of already running process?

[John Abreau]

Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at attbi.com> writes:

> I have an important process that is generating a lot of output that I 
> need to keep running until it finishes.  I need to redirect the output 
> to /dev/null or to a file BUT I can't restart the process.  I need to do 
> this while it is running.  I tried a few things with "bg" but it didn't 
> quite work.

Can't be done.


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