PSJoshi/cron-script-output.md

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Description of cron script output options

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Cron script output options

$ crontab -e
59 23 * * * /home/joshi/bin/backup.sh > /home/joshi/logs/backup.log 2>&1

In the above:

/home/joshi/logs/backup.log indicates that the standard output of the backup.sh script will be redirected to the backup.log file.
2>&1 indicates that the standard error (2>) is redirected to the same file descriptor that is pointed by standard output (&1). So, both standard output and error will be redirected to /home/joshi/logs/backup.log

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