Bash scripting, checking for errors, logging

Question

Here\'s one for the bash-fu wizards. No, actually, I\'m just kidding, you\'ll all probably know this except for me..

I\'m trying to create a backup shell script. The ide

Answer 1

For logging, you can wrap sections of your script in curly braces and redirect the stdout to a log file:

{
    script_command_1
    script_command_2
    script_command_3
} >> /path/to/log_file