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Redirecting the Log.txt file from a STAR indexing run

When I run this command to index a genome with STAR:

STAR --runMode genomeGenerate --genomeDir output/genome/ecoli/index --genomeFastaFiles output/genome/ecoli/sequence/ecoli.fa --sjdbGTFfile output/genome/ecoli/annotation/ecoli.gtf > output/genome/ecoli/index/message.txt

a Log.txt file is created in my working directory with details about the indexation of the genome. Does anybody know how to write the Log.txt in another directory? Thanks. Cristian

star redirection output index

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From STAR manual

STAR produces multiple output files. All files have standard name, however, you can change the file prefixes using --outFileNamePrefix /path/to/output/dir/prefix. By default, this parameter is ./, i.e. all output files are written in the current directory.

This would write all output files to the directory you specify.

If you only need to redirect stderr/stdout (as indicated in your command) then take a look at this.

Thank you, it worked.

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