how to redirect the growing contents of log file to another file in unix


 
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Old 06-28-2008
how to redirect the growing contents of log file to another file in unix

how to redirect the growing contents of log file to another file in unix
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Old 06-30-2008
Do you mean leaving the file open?

There is a way but I dont see any gain since you will have both files...

What were you thinking of? redirect then zero the file?
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Old 07-07-2008
Do you want to do something like this?
Code:
tail -f the_log_file > new_file

Both log files will continue to grow.
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