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Old 07-16-2010
Standard out and standard error
I need to run a cronjob and in the cronjob I execute a script that if there is an error produces standard error so I do

/RUNMYSCRIPT 2> mylogfile.log

However, if it runs correctly, I don't get a standard error output, I get a standard out output. How do I redirect both standard error and standard out to the same file?

since I could get either.
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Old 07-16-2010
After directing standard error, direct standard output to the same place
Code:
/RUNMYSCRIPT 2> mylogfile.log >&2

It's equivalent to
Code:
/RUNMYSCRIPT 2> mylogfile.log > mylogfile.log

Last edited by Scott; 07-16-2010 at 11:03 AM..
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Old 07-16-2010
thanks
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