A simple Bash script to log server crashes

serverlog.sh

## Subsitute "SERVER" with your server app and "FILE" with your filename
if [ ! -d ./logs ]; then
  mkdir logs
fi
SERVER FILE 2> ./logs/server-crash.last
printf '\n  On ' >> ./logs/server-crash.last
echo `date` >> ./logs/server-crash.last
printf '\n------------------------------------\n' >> ./logs/server-crash.last
cat ./logs/server-crash.last | tee -a ./logs/server-crash.log

# If you want to be notified by email when the server crashes
# uncomment the next line and fill the "XXX" fields

# echo "The XXX server crashed, check it out!" | mail -s "XXX server problem" [email protected]