[cgjoker]

Can anyone please tell me how to redirect standard error and output to a windows batch/command file? Id like to do it for the whole file, not command line by command line.

So rather than having >& for std. error and std. output after each command line in my batch file, I would just specify it once for all that happens within the batch file.

thanks.

[codejockey]

Have you tried specifying the redirection on the command line when you invoke the program (i.e., program-name >& logfile.txt)? This takes all of the standard error and standard output and redirects it to a single file (logfile.txt). Note that a different syntax is required if you are using the bash or ksh on Linux/Unix; there, you would use: programe-name > logfile.txt 2>&1 to accomplish the same thing.

Hope this helps.

[cgjoker]

I ended up doing something similar to what you suggested.

Here is what I used:

set STDOUT=C:\Mail_file\stdout.txt
set STDERR=C:\Mail_file\stderr.txt
echo Begin at: 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
time /T 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
date /T 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
Manual_Mail_ftp.bat 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
echo End at:1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
time /T 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%
date /T 1>>%STDOUT% 2>>%STDERR%