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From: mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Mark Van Overbeke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: "batch log" from commands executed by cron
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Date: 9 Nov 90 21:09:50 GMT
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Reply-To: mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Mark Van Overbeke)
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Ultrix Folks!

  Is it possible, and if so how, to have cron "log" the commands it
executes along with any output from a program that it runs?
Specifically, I have a shell script that does nightly dumps and would
like to see the stuff that dump puts to the screen, while doing it
interactively, to a file.  This would be similar to the effect on VMS of
doing a set verify at the beginning of the command procedure.  I have
tried a couple of different redirections of the output but have not
gotten what I want.  Is it possible to do this???  Thanks

 
Mark Van Overbeke                      Systems Software Programmer
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