1LOGSAVE(8)                  System Manager's Manual                 LOGSAVE(8)
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NAME

6       logsave - save the output of a command in a logfile
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SYNOPSIS

9       logsave [ -asv ] logfile cmd_prog [ ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  logsave  program  will  execute  cmd_prog with the specified argu‐
13       ment(s), and save a copy of its output to logfile.  If  the  containing
14       directory  for logfile does not exist, logsave will accumulate the out‐
15       put in memory until it can be written out.  A copy of the  output  will
16       also be written to standard output.
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18       If  cmd_prog is a single hyphen ('-'), then instead of executing a pro‐
19       gram, logsave will take its input from standard input and  save  it  in
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22       logsave  is  useful for saving the output of initial boot scripts until
23       the /var partition  is  mounted,  so  the  output  can  be  written  to
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OPTIONS

27       -a     This option will cause the output to be appended to logfile, in‐
28              stead of replacing its current contents.
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30       -s     This option will cause logsave to skip writing to the  log  file
31              text  which is bracketed with a control-A (ASCII 001 or Start of
32              Header) and control-B (ASCII 002 or Start of Text).  This allows
33              progress  bar  information to be visible to the user on the con‐
34              sole, while not being written to the log file.
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36       -v     This option will make logsave to be more verbose in  its  output
37              to the user.
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AUTHOR

40       Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu)
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SEE ALSO

43       fsck(8)
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