tar tvf, redirect output to file.

[AdamCoombs]

hi there,

I tar one (large) file to tape every night. I then come in in the morning, rewind the tape and do a quick tar tvf /dev/rmt/0 to make sure its there.
i want to put the output of "tar tvf /dev/rmt/0" to a file so i can mail it to myself so i dont have to check it every morning. Trouble is, if i do a > logfile it just hangs..
i have tried the stdin stderr, that didn't work..

any ideas how to get this output redirected to a file?

cheers
Adam

 

[KenCunningham]

Have you tried 2>&1 logfile to redirect standard output and standard error to the logfile?

 

[AdamCoombs]

yup...just get a empty file!

ps: thanks for the reply....

 

[KenCunningham]

Odd. The simple > works on my machines. An alternative is:

tar tvf /dev/rmt/0 | tee logfile

You say that you have to rewind the tape each morning - I assume you're doing the same before trying to write the logfile from it?

 

[AdamCoombs]

yup...
leaving out the "n" when doing it manually!

i will try with the | tee logfile, see what happens..

cheers mate..
Adam