Re: [PLUG] Bash I/O redirection

[David Coulson <david@davidcoulson.net>]

You can just do this:

logfile=/path/to/logs/script.$$.log
exec>  $logfile 2>&1


That will redirect stderr and stdout into the log file.

David

On 8/31/11 11:33 AM, Julien Vehent wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I have this bash script that does an oracle backup (launched via 
> crontab), and I'd like to redirect the output of the script to a file. 
> The classic ways to do it would be:
>    * use a wrapper script (that requires an additional script...)
>    * call the script with '>' in the cron line (make my cron line ugly)
>    * inside the script, put a ">>" after each command (berk !)
>
> My question is: would there be a way to put a global redirection at 
> the beginning of the script ?
> something like
>    "1 > /tmp/log.txt"
> and then have all the subsequent commands go to the log file ?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Julien
>
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