--- /dev/null	2012-03-14 08:46:51.216087328 +0100
+++ new/common/bin/logger.sh	2012-04-04 16:39:03.096756145 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+#
+# This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+# version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+# accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+# 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+# or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+# questions.
+#
+
+# Usage: ./logger.sh theloggfile acommand arg1 arg2 
+#
+# Execute acommand with args, in such a way that
+# both stdout and stderr from acommand are appended to 
+# theloggfile.
+#
+# Preserve stdout and stderr, so that the stdout
+# from logger.sh is the same from acommand and equally
+# for stderr.
+#
+# Propagate the result code from acommand so that
+# ./logger.sh exits with the same result code.
+
+# Create a temporary directory to store the result code from
+# the wrapped command.
+RCDIR=`mktemp -d tmp.XXXXXX` || exit $?
+trap "rm -rf '$RCDIR'" EXIT
+LOGFILE=$1
+shift
+(exec 3>&1 ; ("$@" 2>&1 1>&3; echo $? > $RCDIR/rc) | tee -a $LOGFILE 1>&2 ; exec 3>&-) | tee -a $LOGFILE
+exit `cat $RCDIR/rc`
+