Create a log file

[da644]

Hi Everyone.

I have a small shell script that performs some tasks each night and I would like to write the output to a file to create a log of the activity so that I can verify it is working ok and log and errors. However, if I use '> /etc/log/test.log' after the command it simply over writes the file each time, which is no good, how to I get it to append to the end of the file instead. Are there some commands for writing to files?

Thanks for any help.

Best Regards

Andrew.

 

[KenCunningham]

Hi. Use >> rather than >

This appends to the file rather than overwriting it. Cheers.

 

[PHV]

Simply use

 2>&1 >>/etc/log/test.log

, provided you use sh,ksh,bash or any bourne shell compatible.

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[da644]

Excellent. Thanks.

Best Regards

Andrew