Redirections on Screen and Log file at the same time.

[salimwng]

Hi guys,

I wanted to log all the output of a tar command to a log file and at the same time to have scroll on the monitor too.

The command i am using is not working, i.e. either it's going in the log file or being displayed on the screen. I would like that both happens;

tar cv8 /u/peg > /u/salim/LOG/log.txt 2>&1

Could anybody tell me who this could be done.

Thank you
Salim

 

[KenCunningham]

Salim,

take a look at the man page for tee. That should enable you to do away with the > and see it on screen too. So:

tar cv8 /u/peg | tee /u/salim/LOG/log.txt

should work for you. Regards.

 

[KenCunningham]

Well, it would do as long as you tell it which files to tar up of course!

tar cv8 <tarfile> /u/peg | tee /u/salim/LOG/log.txt

 

[salimwng]

Thanks Ken,

I'll check right away the man tee. As for the tar cv8 /u/peg, the 8 means the tape device ID in /etc/default/tar and /u/peg is the folder that needs to be backed up.

Thanks again.
Salim

 

[KenCunningham]

Thanks, Salim, you learn something every day!!!