Dear friends ,

Is it possible to create a "logfile" against a script in Linux platform ?

Suppose I have a script like following :

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Date1=`date +%d%b%Y`
Date2=`date +%d%b%Y`.`date +%I`.`date +%M%p`
cd /test
tar -cvf test1_$Date2.tar test1
tar -cvf test2_$Date2.tar test2
ftp -i -v -n 192.168.10.1 <<END_FTP
user oracle oracle
binary
cd /tmp
mput test1_$Date2.tar
mput test2_$Date2.tar
bye
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Now if I want to create a logfile against this script , then is it possible ? plz inform me .....

What do you mean "against this script"? Do you mean that you want to keep a record of the script output in a file?

If so, you can do it in several ways:

1. Re-direct the output like this:
   
   Code:

   script_filename > my.log

   The (possible) disadvantage of this is that you won't see the normal output in the terminal, which you might want to see.
2. Use tee:
   
   Code:

   script_filename | tee my.log

   This way you will see the output in the terminal and get the log file.
3. use the script command:
   
   Code:

   script my.log
   script_filename
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