Re: Catching errors from jobs

[Ole Tange]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:44 PM, xmoon 2000 <xmoon2000@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have a file of 60 jobs
>
> I run it by using:
>
> cat jobsFile | parallel --eta >myOutput 2>myErrors
>
> I need to rgep myErrors afterwards to check everything went as planned.
> However, parallel output goes to stderr as well.

The output from --eta goes to stderr.

> What is the best method for me to capture all errors from my scripts to a
> single file?

3 options:

Stop using --eta.
Use --joblog (if all you need is the exit value)
Use --results (if you really need the whole stderr)


/Ole