Guys, This is what worked [root at uszmpwsld011 ~]# /usr/bin/rsync -v --min-size=1 -rlpgo -O --inplace /home/compassfeeduser/Get* root at xx.xx.xx:/mnt/bravotv/media/compass | ts 2>&1 >& debug.txt [root at uszmpwsld011 ~]# cat debug.txt May 23 23:44:49 sending incremental file list May 23 23:44:49 May 23 23:44:49 sent 67 bytes received 12 bytes 158.00 bytes/sec May 23 23:44:49 total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 Thanks to Karl who provided this. Tim On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com>wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out a way to insert a timestamp into a log file I'm > > creating for a cron job I'm setting up: > > Why not make your rsync command into the second line of a script, and make > the first line of the script write the time to the log. > > -- > MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B