How to write node errors to stderr

Question

I'm running a node app via a shell script

#STARTUP.sh
node server.js

#/etc/rc.local  - this runs on startup of my machine
sudo sh startup.sh >> /home/pi/logs/app.log 2>&1

My issue is, when I have an error in my node app it just crashes and doesn't write the error to app.log

Is there a way to make sure when the app crashes that the error gets logged as well?

Are you properly catching exceptions? Maybe this post can help you. stackoverflow.com/a/7313005/3558900 — Randall Valenciano
– Randall Valenciano, Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 18:02
Why are you using sudo in rc.local? Does that log file exist? — Etan Reisner
– Etan Reisner, Commented Jan 19, 2016 at 18:37

Jacob Greenfield · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-22 00:28:08Z

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Replace the last line with this:

sudo sh startup.sh &>>/home/pi/logs/app.log

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 0:28

Jacob Greenfield

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