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Date:      Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:17:16 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        jhall@vandaliamo.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Capturing tar output
Message-ID:  <20080910211651.Q48125@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <53798.66.84.183.146.1221048972.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net>
References:  <53798.66.84.183.146.1221048972.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net>

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> I am using the following command to perform backups each evening.
>
> /usr/local/gtar/bin/tar -C /usr/home/photos --listed-incremental \
> /var/db/photos.snar -cvf - ./ | /usr/local/bin/gpg --encrypt --recipient \
> "recipient" | dd of=/dev/nsa0 obs=128K
>
> Since I am having tar write the output of the command to stdout is it
> possible  to capture the names of the files being displayed as a result of
> the -v option?
>
> If so, how can this be done?  I am not having any luck.

redirect stderr with "2>" operator



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