Re: Output redirection?

[Chet Ramey]

Yuri Karlsbrun wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I, probably, need bash-help mailing list, but I could not find it.
> 
> Here is the bash script fragment:
> LOG_FILE="./logfile"
> ...
>> $LOG_FILE
> 
> I supposed that the statement above redirects stdout to the logfile.
> But the following 'echo' statement prints on the screen. The logfile is
> opened. What is the real purpose of the statement above?

To create $LOG_FILE if it doesn't exist.

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