On Tuesday, 14.10.2008 at 14:55 +0100, michael wrote: > > I suggest writing/rewriting backup.sh so that it writes its output > > to well-defined files, rather than relying on the behaviour of > > standard output/error. > > I thought about this but presumed if there was an already set-up > mechanism for cron jobs that would be preferable. Otherwise I'd also > have to sort out how to manage my own logs for backup.sh output (not > sure would want them rotated in case I'm away for over a week, say) OK: why not rewrite the script to include calls to make the script use syslog, then? Take a look at the package 'logger'. It works like this: logger -i -p syslog.info -t processname "Message goes here" Dave. -- Dave Ewart davee@ceu.ox.ac.uk Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit University of Oxford / Cancer Research UK PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 Get key from http://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/~davee/davee-ceu-ox-ac-uk.asc N 51.7518, W 1.2016
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