Re: Redirecting an nohup to a file when it is an error

joe_at_invalid.address
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 15:00:46 GMT

rgaffuri@cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) writes:

> My background jobs should result in an error. I want both the error
> and the standard out redirected to a given file. It says it is being
> redirected to nohup.out. This is in the korn shelll. Anyone know
> why?
...
> nohup run_script $ERROR_MSG_OPTION -u $LOGIN_FILE_NAME param1 2>&1 >
> myfile.log;

The order of redirection is important here. The above command
redirects stderr to stdout, then redirects stdout to a file, which
leaves stderr pointing at where stdout was. You need to do it this
way:

nohup run_script $ERROR_MSG_OPTION -u $LOGIN_FILE_NAME param1 > myfile.log 2>&1

This points stdout to the file, then points stderr to where stdout
currently goes (the file).

Joe 

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