Re: Bash question: get output as a variable?
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I'm scripting a backup solution, the line that does the business looks
> like this:
>
> tar -zcvf - * --exclude-from $EXCLUDES | openssl des3 -salt -k $1 |
> dd of=$(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz
>
> Because of the "v" flag tar writes to stdout the name of each file
> copied. How can I get that output redirected to a variable, to use
> later in the script?
>
> Thanks!
>
I forgot to ask, in the last post: Why are you using the 'dd' command?
I would think you could do:
tar ... | openssl ... > $(hostname)-$(date +%Y%m%d).tbz
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Bob McGowan
Symantec
US Internationalization
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