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Asked: 2014-04-23 01:08:45 +0800 CST

How to get a timestamp on rsync output

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I have an hourly crontab job

@hourly rsync -avc --delete /DirA/ /DirB/ >  /home/job.txt

However when I check the logbook I see no timestamps. How can I get timestamps in the log so that I can be able to see when error occur?

cron

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  1. Best Answer

    Try this:

    @hourly (date; rsync -avc --delete /DirA/ /DirB/) &>  /home/job.txt

    Note that I used &> /home/job.txt which redirects both the standard output and the standard error to the log file. That way you will also see any errors produced. Then, I use the date command to generate a timestamp before running the rsync. Placing the commands in parentheses makes the two run in the same subshell and allows the redirection of both commands' output at once.

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