Subj : still not tossing
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Rick Smith
Date : Wed Jan 11 2023 08:06 pm

Greetings Wilfred!

Monday January 09 2023 13:07, you wrote to me about an urgent matter!:

 WV>  * Forwarded from area 'BINKD'
 WV> Hi Rick,

 WV> On 08 Jan 23 15:02, Rick Smith wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
 WV>   about: "still not tossing":

 RS>>>> rick@abacus:~$ cat /usr/local/bin/mail-toss.sh
 RS>>>> #!/bin/bash
 RS>>>> echo "processsing" > /tmp/test.txt
 RS>>>> echo "PATH = $PATH";
 RS>>>> echo "SHELL = $SHELL";
 RS>>>> /usr/local/bin/hpt toss

 WV>>> {
 WV>>>   echo "processsing"
 WV>>>   echo "PATH = $PATH";
 WV>>>   echo "SHELL = $SHELL";
 WV>>>   /usr/local/bin/hpt toss

 WV>>> } >/tmp/test.txt 2>&1

 WV>>> So you can see everything that is written to stdout and stderr

 RS>> I am giving this a go thankyou... Where will I see the errors
 RS>> from it?  I am unfamiliar with stdout and stderr..

 WV> It is what the software normally outputs to the console screen (normal
 WV> and errors). It's now redirected to the /tmp/test.txt file...

 WV> Wilfred.

ok, still not tossing but now the test.txt isnt being created with the script above that you suggested?


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