Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:44:41 -0500 From: Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion Message-ID: <B0508ECD-C05C-4378-8A8F-F35CB0C2274B@socket.net>
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am working with gnu tar checkpoints this morning can cannot seem to
get variables to expand properly when they are passed as part of a
checkpoint action. Following is how I am using gnu tar
DIR="/home/test"
WHATTOBACKUP="/home/somedir"
/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}'
When I use ${DIR} as a parameter, it is not sent to the
check_disk_usage_script. However, if I replace ${DIR} with /home/
test, everything works fine.
Any suggestions anyone has would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay
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