What does the entry >> 2>&1 mean?

Question

linux

The Laravel website has a script for launching the scheduler:

php /path/to/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

What does it mean
>> /dev/null 2>&1
?

Answer 1

>> /dev/null- redirecting stdout to /dev/null
2>&1- redirecting stderr to stdout (which will go to /dev/null)

Answer 2

I prefer
&> redirect and rewrite output and errors
&>> redirect and append output and errors
in your case stdout & stderr to the abyss)) :
php /path/to/artisan schedule:run &> /dev/null