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Old 08-26-2004, 08:37 PM   #1
luwigie
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> writes a new file, how to append?

I'm now running some programs in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local script, but I want to be able to log the outputs. Right now I have "ls > /root/systembootmessages/ls" for example. But every time I reboot, it will be over written, correct? Is there a way that I can make the output append to a file? Thanks!
 
Old 08-26-2004, 08:42 PM   #2
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>> instead of > if your going to do multiple appends its best to start with a empty file made with the touch command
 
  


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