Hi folks,

This is a question about sending script output (for clarity, Bourne shell) into two identical files. One file is a normal log, second is used to append debug messages so they are mixed with normal output.

Suppose we use this way of redirecting (from inside the script):

exec > logfile1 2>&1

If I had a second log file I could use some debug messaging:

echo Debug msg.... >> logfile2

But I have a single log file... Any help with this?

Another question is, once redirected with "exec", what is the proper way of closing the log file(s) before leaving the script run? Should I redirect output back to where it was before?

Thanks in advance.

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