Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:10:11 -0500 From: Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion Message-ID: <B25ECB84-D4E6-4CB9-8E39-928A09074E4A@socket.net> References: <20091022012543.489B810656AA@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Try this:
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> /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \
> --checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u' \
> --checkpoint-action="exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh $
> {DIR}"
>
> The use of single quotes prohibits the expansion of environment
> variables. Use double qoutes instead.
Thanks Trond, this did the trick.
Jay
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