capture make's output

gboutwel · 06-28-2002, 12:23 PM

I need to capture the output of a 'make' commmand. The output is 'huge', like 6 or 7 screens long. I need any and all out put (not just STDOUT or STDERR) to be saved to a file so that I can send it via e-mail to someone. How do I do this?

Thanks,

kop · 06-28-2002, 02:19 PM

Something like this will save both stdout and stderr.

make > /tmp/myouput 2>&1

That last little bit says "send the output of file descriptort
2 (which is stderr) to wherever the output of file descriptor
1 (which is stdout) is going". Becuase it looks at where
stdout is going _at_ _that_ _point_, it's important to
put the redirection of stderr second.

make 2>&1 | tee /tmp/myoutput

Does the same, but also lets you watch what's happenning.

MasterC · 07-07-2002, 05:15 AM

If you run make inside X using a terminal you can copy it and paste it into a text file, or you can copy it and at the top of the term window is the option to save output.