Shell Programming and Scripting

Helo Experts,
I need a help in handling errors in shell script, wants my errors displayed in text file instead of command window..
My shell script is here;

cd /cygdrive/s/Files
for FILES in ./*.*
do
temp=`basename $FILES`

if cp $FILES /cygdrive/r/CopyFile1/$FILES; then
echo "copy successful"
echo "$temp ">> /cygdrive/r/LogFiles/logfiles.rtf

else
echo "copy failed"
fi
done

By doin if..else i can manage to output copy successful or failes..but i receive error thrown during cp $FILES /cygdrive/r/CopyFile1/$FILES.
That error is displayed in command wondow ( im using cygwin).
Anyone can guide me on how can i handle that error where the error should be in text file (error.txt) and my output only shows copy failed or successful

your help is much appreciated

Code:

cd /cygdrive/s/Files
for FILES in ./*.*
do
   temp=`basename $FILES`

   if cp $FILES /cygdrive/r/CopyFile1/$FILES 2>error.txt ; then
      echo "copy successful"
      echo "$temp ">> /cygdrive/r/LogFiles/logfiles.rtf

   else
      echo "copy failed"
   fi
done

Jean-Pierre.

Thanks for quick reply

what the 2>error.txt for?
y 2??

0 = Standard Input
1 = Standard Output
2 = Standard Error

the 2>error.txt would redirect all output from standard errors, into a file called error.txt

There are three standard sources of input and output for a program. Standard input usually comes from the keyboard if it’s an interactive program, or from another program if it’s processing the other program’s output. The program usually prints to standard output, and sometimes prints to standard error. These three file descriptors called STDIN (0), STDOUT (1), and STDERR (2).

Thanks for help guys
U r really great