echo > /dev/stderr is evil

It is not really portable, use >&2 instead, which is the right way to
do it.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/createproject.sh b/createproject.sh
index 8bc4193..87ec315 100755
--- a/createproject.sh
+++ b/createproject.sh
@@ -2,29 +2,29 @@
 
 ### Tool to create projects manually.
 
-[ -d projects ] || { echo "projects/ dir not found. Please enter the hemiptera base directory." >/dev/stderr; exit 1; }
+[ -d projects ] || { echo "projects/ dir not found. Please enter the hemiptera base directory." >&2; exit 1; }
 
-[ -z "$1" ] && { echo "Usage: $0 PRNAME">/dev/stderr; exit 1; }
+[ -z "$1" ] && { echo "Usage: $0 PRNAME">&2; exit 1; }
 
-[ -d "projects/$1" ] && { echo "project $1 already exists. Not creating" >/dev/stderr; exit 1; }
+[ -d "projects/$1" ] && { echo "project $1 already exists. Not creating" >&2; exit 1; }
 
 mkdir "projects/$1"
 
 while true; do
     read -p "Enter name of developer, leave blank to end list > " dev
     case $dev in
-	'') echo "Dev list written." > /dev/stderr;  break;;
+	'') echo "Dev list written." >&2;  break;;
         * ) echo "$dev" >> "projects/$1/devs.txt" ;;
     esac
 done
-echo "Please enter a description, enter a blank line to end description:" > /dev/stderr
+echo "Please enter a description, enter a blank line to end description:" >&2
 while true; do
     read -p "> " line
     case $line in
-	'') echo "Description written." > /dev/stderr;  break;;
+	'') echo "Description written." >&2;  break;;
         * ) echo "$line" >> "projects/$1/description.txt" ;;
     esac
 done
 
-echo "Project created." > /dev/stderr
+echo "Project created." >&2