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Old 03-08-2013, 01:40 AM   #1
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what is mean of exec 1

in my redhat server , a crontab script is below

exec 1> a.log
exec 2> b.log
script1
script2
script3
script4

what is the use of exec 1 ? thanks
 
Old 03-08-2013, 02:12 AM   #2
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It is used to assign file descriptor i.e. fd to filename.

exec 1> is used to redirect standard output to a file named a.log.
exac 2> is used tp redirect standard error(s) to a file named b.log

Check this out here and here.
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