exec redirects in bash

I write a lot of non-interactive scripts where I would like all output to go to a log file and have nothing appear on-screen. To solve this, I've been using: #!/bin/bash exec &> logfile echo "Step One:" /some/command/one echo "Step Two:" /some/command/two I want to make sure this is a sane method. Are there any significant drawbacks or issues I'm going to encounter if I move forward with this methodology? If so, what are they and how best can they be mitigated (including by changing my methodology).