What is the difference between > and >> on linux systems?

Question

linux

Basically the question has been asked. What is the difference between > and >> on linux systems? Basically when using redirect output to a file. For example
uname -a > ~/file.log
and
uname -a >> ~/file.log

Answer 1

> creates a new file on each call (overwriting).
>> When called, appends to the file without overwriting it.