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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to direct scp output to a file in bash shell or script Post 302284026 by NewSolarisAdmin on Wednesday 4th of February 2009 02:00:20 PM
Old 02-04-2009
how to direct scp output to a file in bash shell or script
I can run this from the command line:
scp -i identfile /path/file_to_send remotelogin@remotebox:/path_to_put_it/file_to_send

and I get:
file_to_send 100% |***************************************************************************| 0 00:00

but if I do:
scp -i identfile /path/file_to_send remotelogin@remotebox:/path_to_put_it/file_to_send > logfile

I get nothing for output at the command line (which I would expect since I redirected it) and a file called logfile is created but it is empty.

I tried:
scp -i identfile /path/file_to_send remotelogin@remotebox:/path_to_put_it/file_to_send > logfile 2>&1

but still nothing...

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

bootlogd

BOOTLOGD(8)						Linux System Administrator's Manual					       BOOTLOGD(8)

NAME

       bootlogd - record boot messages

SYNOPSIS

       /sbin/bootlogd [-c] [-d] [-r] [-s] [-v] [ -l logfile ] [ -p pidfile ]

DESCRIPTION

       Bootlogd  runs in the background and copies all strings sent to the /dev/console device to a logfile. If the logfile is not accessible, the
       messages will be kept in memory until it is.

OPTIONS

       -d     Do not fork and run in the background.

       -c     Attempt to write to the logfile even if it does not yet exist.  Without this option, bootlogd will wait for the  logfile	to  appear
	      before attempting to write to it.  This behavior prevents bootlogd from creating logfiles under mount points.

       -r     If there is an existing logfile called logfile rename it to logfile~ unless logfile~ already exists.

       -s     Ensure  that the data is written to the file after each line by calling fdatasync(3).  This will slow down a fsck(8) process running
	      in parallel.

       -v     Show version.

       -l logfile
	      Log to this logfile. The default is /var/log/boot.

       -p pidfile
	      Put process-id in this file. The default is no pidfile.

BUGS

       Bootlogd works by redirecting the console output from the console device.  (Consequently bootlogd requires PTY support in the  kernel  con-
       figuration.)   It  copies that output to the real console device and to a log file.  There is no standard way of ascertaining the real con-
       sole device if you have a new-style /dev/console device (major 5, minor 1) so bootlogd parses the kernel  command  line	looking  for  con-
       sole=... lines and deduces the real console device from that.  If that syntax is ever changed by the kernel, or a console type is used that
       bootlogd does not know about then bootlogd will not work.

AUTHOR

       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl

SEE ALSO

       dmesg(8),fdatasync(3).

								   Jul 21, 2003 						       BOOTLOGD(8)
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