How to? Logging Output from External Programs

[Timothy Garay]

I am evaluating Take Command for audit logging on a couple of servers where storage arrays are managed using commandline utilities.

Using the Log /A command, I get everything in the command window recorded to a text file except the output from these commandline utilities.

If I execute the commandline utility and add "| tee C:\test.txt" then I do get the output from the commandline utility on the screen and in the C:\test.txt file.

Unfortunately, it requires that the user add this to each command issued. Is there any way of turning this "tee" operation on permanently for all commands issued in the window?

Thanks!

-TimG

 

[Steve Fabian]

Rex:
Could the PRE_EXEC (or possibly the POST_EXEC) alias be used to force the output of every command to be redirected while the alias is active?

 

[Charles Dye]

Unfortunately, it requires that the user add this to each command issued. Is there any way of turning this "tee" operation on permanently for all commands issued in the window?

If there aren't too many external commands, you could create an alias for each one....

 

[rconn]

Rex:
Could the PRE_EXEC (or possibly the POST_EXEC) alias be used to force the output of every command to be redirected while the alias is active?

You could do it with PRE_EXEC, but not POST_EXEC.

 

[Frank]

Could someone give me an example for redirecting the output with PRE_EXEC? Thanks.