Subject: Ambiguous output redirection (This message is being sent to all CPSC 360 students) If you get this message while trying to run the program as instructed, it means that you are presently using one of the C-shell variants (csh, tcsh, etc.) These shells don't have a way to split stdin and stderr. The solution is to enter the command bash which put you into the bash shell and then run your program. When done, if you want to go back to your original shell enter the command exit