On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:46:39 -0400, David A. Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to get the "current" bash shell to tee its output to a
> logfile? I remember doing something like this once upon a time but I don't
> recall what I did and I was using a different shell (ksh on an HP/UX).
You can achieve it by the following 3/4 commands:
exec 3>&1 # create pipe (copy of stdout)
exec 1>bash.dbg # direct stdout to file
## exec 2>&1 # uncomment if you want stderr too
tail -f bash.dbg >&3 & # run tail in bg
If you don't redirect stderr, the order of stdout and stderr messages
may be out of original order.
Here is a sample script that tested this on both Linux and Cygwin.
#! /bin/sh -ex
exec 3>&1
exec 1>bash.dbg
exec 2>&1
tail -f bash.dbg >&3 &
: rest of script
echo "aaa bbb ccc"
: "stderr only"
sleep 5
echo "ddd eee fff"
########### end of test ###########
Ehud.
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