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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Scope of variables between scripts Post 302440362 by dahlia84 on Tuesday 27th of July 2010 03:37:48 AM
Old 07-27-2010
Thanks scott for your time. I got it now.

Code:
echo "Some Warning" >> $LOGFILE

This command does not seem to create the $LOGFILE if $LOGFILE does not exist. That's why I am using | tee.
 

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