How can I log to a specific file in linux using logger command?

Question

I will run the following script:

#!/bin/bash
./myprogram

#get exit code
exitvalue=$?

#log exit code value to /var/log/messages
logger -s \"exit code of my prog         


        

Answer 1

I don't think you really need to (or want to) involve logger/syslog for this. Simply replace the last line of the script with:

echo "Exit code of my program is $exitvalue" >> /some/file/that/you/can/write/to