# Nginx's command output goes only to stderr?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginxs-command-output-goes-only-to-stderr/195644>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 27, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginxs-command-output-goes-only-to-stderr/195644 "2010-09-27T15:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saqib\_Rasul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Saqib\_Rasul](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Saqib_Rasul)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginxs-command-output-goes-only-to-stderr/195644/1 "2010-09-27T15:19:06Z")

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Hi,

while writing some scripts to auto-start nginx, i noticed that the  
logs of starting nginx or doing config file check go only to stderr.  
is this meant to be like this?

I was expecting stderr to only contain error or warning messages.

regards,

Saqib