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Old 07-14-2004
Using TRAP command

I'm using the trap command to capture any signals received whilst my script is running.

How's the best way of writing the signal and any other error messages to a file/error log' without having to type '2>$1' on the command line after the script name?

Cheers
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Old 07-14-2004
Hi
depends..

I use the logger command (it logs to syslog). It depends on what kind of error checking your script has..

output everything to a file is the simplest way..

/peter
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Old 07-15-2004
Thanks for your reply
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Old 07-15-2004
You could use the special command: "exec" to redirect stdout and stderr, e.g. if you put this at the top of your script ....

exec > /tmp/logfile$$ 2>&1

... all messages will go to the log file.

From man ksh...
Quote:
exec [arg ...]
Parameter assignments remain in effect after the command completes. If arg is given, the command specified by the arguments is executed in place of this shell without creating a new process. Input/output arguments can appear and affect the current process. If no arguments are given, the effect of this command is to modify file descriptors as prescribed by the input/output redirection list. In this case, any file descriptor numbers greater than 2 opened with this mechanism are closed when invoking another program.
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