# LOGSAVE - save the output of a command in a logfile - man(8) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       logsave - save the output of a command in a logfile

## SYNOPSIS
       **logsave **[ **-asv **] _logfile_ _cmd_prog_ _[_ _..._ _]_

## DESCRIPTION
       The  **logsave **program will execute _cmd_prog_ with the specified argument(s), and save a copy of
       its output to _logfile_.  If the containing directory for _logfile_ does not exist, **logsave  **will
       accumulate  the output in memory until it can be written out.  A copy of the output will also
       be written to standard output.

       If _cmd_prog_ is a single hyphen ('-'), then instead of executing a program, **logsave **will  take
       its input from standard input and save it in _logfile_

       **logsave  **is  useful for saving the output of initial boot scripts until the /var partition is
       mounted, so the output can be written to /var/log.

## OPTIONS
### -a     
              current contents.

### -s     
              with  a  control-A (ASCII 001 or Start of Header) and control-B (ASCII 002 or Start of
              Text).  This allows progress bar information to be visible to the user on the console,
              while not being written to the log file.

### -v     

## AUTHOR
       Theodore Ts'o (<tytso@mit.edu>)

## SEE ALSO
       [**fsck**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/fsck/8/markdown)

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