I am running a Python 3 script with flag -u to send output to a file like a log The exact command i use is /usr/bin/python3 -u /home/pi/MyScript.py >> /home/pi/myScript.log This works like a charm. Now for some reason I need to restart the MyScript.py to re-initialize some functions inside, so I have found that os.execl function could be the right solution. My problem is understand how to pass the -u and >> options to command, maybe it will be very easy but I'm spending a lot of time without result... I have tried a lot of ways, one for example is this: os.execv('/usr/bin/python3', ['/usr/bin/python3'] + ['-u'] + ['./PythonMqttMaster.py'] + [' >> '] +['PythonMqttMaster.log']) but the output go to terminal instead of another file, without error. Maybe I'm using a totally wrong approach, let me know if so. Continue reading...