Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 16:30:55 -0400 From: "MET" <met@uberstats.com> To: "'freebsd-questions-en'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Forcing an Overwrite Message-ID: <004201c24951$a6e6d700$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> In-Reply-To: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKMEAEJFAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
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Here is my shell script: ====================================== #!/bin/sh DATE=`date +%m-%d-%Y`; ARCHIVED="MP_Site_Files-$DATE.tar"; cd /usr/local/webroot/; tar -cvf $ARCHIVED mp_stable; yes|gzip -9 $ARCHIVED; ====================================== Here is what I get spitted out. gzip: MP_Site_Files-08-21-2002.tar.gz already exists; not overwritten Any ideas on how to make it over-write without flaw? ~ Matthew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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