Re: [PLUG] changing stdout in a script

[mjd-lists-plug@plover.com]

Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>:
> Can a shell script change where stdout goes?
> 
> I have a shell script that creates a directory.  I would like to have
> echo and all other instances of output to stdout go to a file in this
> directory.
> 
> Of course, I could do this with two scripts, one of which is a
> wrapper.  Does anyone know a way to do this with just one script?


        exec >the-file

will redirect the standard output.

If you will want to put it back the way it was later on, you may

        exec 3>&1 >the-file

before and 

        exec 1>&3 3>&-

after.

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