creating log while install

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hi

i am using borne shell script to install a product.
In the script i get from the user some input and then to do pkgadd and some sqlplus commands.

I want to capture all the information to the logfile.

if i use , tee command i dont get the user entered input.

can u let me know ,how to capture both the input and output to a log file.

thanks

2

You can try the script command - it won't save it if there is a gui interface but will work on patches and pkgadd. Check out man script.

3

I tried it,but could not use the script command inside the shell script.

script command does not wait till my install script exits.

thanks for ur reply

4

Don't put the script command inside a shell script. In your unix session, use it like this:

$ script myscript.txt
$ sqlplus ...
(whatever else you need to do ...)
Ctrl-D

script done on Tue Jan 15 08:39:31 2002
$

All input and output will go to myscript.txt.

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as part of the installation i should take care of that.

so inside the shell script ,i should have a way of doing it.

so all the information redirects to a log file

thanks