Try to put "sleep 1" between devc-ditto command and reopen in your script file

PKY

> I have a few  services (daemons) that I start in virtual console con3 using a 
> script file. It looks as follows:
> 
>     reopen /dev/con3
>     service_1
>     service_2
> 
> The services use  the 'procmgr_daemon' function to start into the background 
> and have the PROCMGR_DAEMON_NODEVNULL flag set. All output is shown when 
> selecting the virtual console (con3). Now I would like to redirect the 
> outputto a file instead. For some reason I can't get it working. I tried to 
> use the devc-ditto utility also started from the script file:
> 
>    devc-ditto /dev/con3 &
>    reopen /dev/con3
>    service 1
>    service 2
> 
> from console-1   I  then try to read the output using as a test:
>     cat /dev/con3.ditto &
> 
> Unfortunatly this does not show anything. However writing directly to con 3 
> using e.g.  'echo mary had a little... >/dev/con3' works and shows up in 
> console-1. 
> 
> So the question is why he service output is not redirected to con1 and the 
> output send directly to con3 using echo is. 
> 
> Does anyone have any idea?
> 
> Thanks Wim