simple scripting question - directing output to a log file

[Eric Andresen]

two ways: Append a 2>&1 1>logfile to the cronjob or use something like
'tee' or 'script' to log to a file.

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 09:08, Scott H wrote:
> I have a little script that I want to use to
> mirror one partition to another, using mirrordir
> via a cron job.  I want the script to log it's
> output to a log file, like .../messages, or a
> custom one, like .../mirrordir.log.  How do I get
> it to do this, either in the script itself, or by
> telling cron to put output there?  Here sort of
> what the script looks like:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> date
> echo "Mirrordir says:"
> mirrordir --exclude /mnt / /mnt/hda4
> date
> echo "Done."
> 
> TIAFAH!
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> .
> 
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