I've set up something similar. I've got a cron job that runs an incremental
and I redirect the output to a file in the "tmp" directory. The line in the
crontab looks something like this:

        0 20 * * * /local/etc/backup > /tmp/backup 2>&1

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Wilson Lo                                               lo AT ucs.ubc DOT ca
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Systems Programmer, MVS/UNIX                            fax:    604-822-5116
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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Susan McClure wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Susan McClure wrote:

> I have UNIX clients backing up their system by having a chron job
> issue a "dsmc incremental" command.
>
> this of course produces lots of output as each file is backed up.
>
> I guess I could use the "quiet" option to reduce it, but was hoping there
> was a way to direct the output to a file and then browse it looking just for
> any failures.  I have used the "-outfile" option before but apparently this
> is only for admin sessions.  Is there any equivalent function for just a
> "dsmc" command ??  I have searched and searched the manuals but
> can't find it.
>
> ANy ideas ? Or any better way to do this ??  Or can I route the output to
> a user's mail like the "mailprog" option does for password changes ??
>
> (I am VM server, version 1, and these are AIX clients, also Version 1)