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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Putting screen output in a log file Post 302143915 by gus2000 on Monday 5th of November 2007 10:29:39 AM
Old 11-05-2007
Saving the output of unattended scripts
I put this into all of my unattended scripts:


Code:
# Send all output to a logfile and supress input
typeset LOG="/tmp/${0##*/}.out"
mv $LOG ${LOG}.old >/dev/null 2>&1
[[ -t 1 ]] && echo "Writing to logfile '$LOG'."
exec > $LOG 2>&1
exec < /dev/null 2<&1


All stdout and stderr will be logged. Also, since stdin is closed, the script won't hang if any commands wait for input. It will report the logfile name to stdout if run from the command line (attached to a terminal).

This should essentially work the same as the redirection code offered above. If neither is working then something else is wrong, and you'll need post more info about the error.
 

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