[Linux-disciples] write to file from shell script

[Stephen R Laniel]

Huh. Running 'exec' is basically never the right idea. That's what you run, if I'm not mistaken, when you construct a string using some long combination of things -- I don't know, grep, sed, whatever -- and then need the shell to interpret the string you've just constructed as a command. It wouldn't apply here.

I mean, all you're doing here is

1. running a command
2. dumping the output of that command to a file

, right? No need for exec here. So what happens if you drop the exec?

Also, stick an

echo $logfile

between the 'logfile' line and the 'gondor' line.

On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Jamie Forrest wrote:

> I seem to have solved it as follows:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> logfile=/Users/jforrest/Projects/django-cnsltme/cnsltme/backup/`date
> +%F`_dump.sql
> exec gondor sqldump primary > $logfile
> 
> Is it correct?
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>> On 11/15/2011 10:01 PM, Jamie Forrest wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm running it from a subdirectory in my home dir. I tried changing it
>>> to a full path and still no dice. And yes the output from gondor
>>> sqldump goes to screen normally.
>> 
>> Add 2>&1 ?
>> 
> 
> 
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