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Old 02-21-2012
Shell script output redirection question
OS : AIX 6.1
Shell : Korn

in the url
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thr...61463&tstart=0
I came across a crontab entry example

00 23 * * 1,3,5 <complete shell script path> 1> <log file> 2>&1

From googling , I gathered that
0 - stdin
1 - stdout
2 - stderr

I don't actually need 1> as shown below
/u01/darchive.sh 1>/u01/darchive.log 2>&1
Right?
I can just redirect both stdout and stderr to a file by using just 2>&1

/u01/darchive.sh > /u01/darchive.log 2>&1 # removed 1>

Right?
# 2  
Old 02-21-2012
Right.
# 3  
Old 02-21-2012
standard out (if any) will then show up in the crontab owners mail if I am not mistaken.
# 4  
Old 02-21-2012
@bsrepellant
You are mistaken.
polavan's script redirects any output which the script produces to a log file.

If the cron line itself is faulty (e.g. missing script), that error message will still appear in mail for the owner of the crontab.
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Old 02-21-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by bsrepellant
standard out (if any) will then show up in the crontab owners mail if I am not mistaken.
Not in this case though as STDOUT has been redirected to the log file. If this was not done, then yes, STDOUT would be e-mailed to the owner of the process.
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Old 02-21-2012
Oops.
I didn't read the whole thing...
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