Ampersand in Cronjob I have found the following entry in a user crontab: */5 * * * * ~/bin/php /path/to/phpscript &> /path/to/logfile What is the meaning of the `&` (ampersand) here? Has it still the meaning of running in background? Does it make sense in a cronjob?

Thanks to @Stephen Kitt. Found the answer at What are the shell's control and redirection operators?:


command &> out.txt


> Both standard error and standard output of command will be saved in out.txt, overwriting its contents or creating it if it doesn't exist.