Dave & Sean,
I've noticed similar behavior for a while. In Sean's example, program.out
will have content once the script finishes running, but not before. Hence
why tail -f doesn't seem to do anything.
I haven't tried tee yet, maybe that'll help. One other quirky workaround I
have found:
print( "Hello" ) doesn't appear in the log file until the script finishes
BUT
system( "echo Hello" ) shows up immediately.
Carl
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:53 PM, David Brown <dbrown@ucar.edu> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> I experimented with your scenario and I do get output in the file and I
> can see it using 'tail -f'. Is there a lot of output? If not, it could be a
> buffering issue. The OS may not output its internal buffer until it fills
> up.
> If you run the program to completion does the program.out file remain
> empty? That would definitely be weird. The OS should flush the buffers when
> the script exits.
>
> Maybe try using 'tee' and see if it gives better results.
>
> ncl program.ncl | tee program.out
>
> This should output to the terminal and to the file simultaneously.
> If this doesn't help, let us know.
> -dave
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Sean Egan <sdegan@alaska.edu> wrote:
>
> > I have a curious bash issue that I need help with.
> >
> > When I execute
> >
> > ncl program.ncl > program.out &
> > tail -f program.out
> >
> > I receive no output. The program continues to run in the background, but
> the file "program.out" remains empty. When I run
> >
> > ncl program.ncl
> >
> > I immediately receive output. Why is the redirect not working in this
> case?
> >
> > Is this something unique to NCL or is this a problem with the way I have
> my shell profile setup?
> >
> > Just curious,
> >
> > Sean Egan
> > University of Alaska Fairbanks
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